# Incident 19970129005309I: Doug DC983, Reno, NV, January 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1997, 11:23 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960AS-2010-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 116
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,212 total, 9,856 in this make and model, 216 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970129005309I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE JET WAY (B-10) WAS RECENTLY REPLACED. THE YELLOW TAXI LINE WAS SAND BLASTED OUT AND A NEW ONE PAINTED ON THE RAMP EXTENDING 30 FEET TO THE NORTH AT THE OUTBOARD END. THE CATERING TRUCK PARKING AREA TO THE NORTH OR RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN MOVED. WHEN DOCKING, ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 612 HIT THE PARKED TRUCK WITH ITS RIGHT WING DAMAGING THE WING SLAT AND LEADING EDGE UNDER THE SLAT. THE RIGHT WING WALKER XED HIS WANDS WHEN IT WAS EVIDENT OF A COLLISION. THE MARSHALL,WHEN OBSERVING THE XED SIGNAL FROM THE WING MAN, HELD HIS WANDS IN AN X. AT THIS TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS 5 TO 7 FEET FROM THE TRUCK. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT STOP UNTIL AFTER THE COLLISION. THIS RAMP ALSO HAS A SLIGHT DOWN SLOPE FROM THE TAXIWAY TO THE TERMINAL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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