# Incident 19970508013339I: Boeing 747*, Atlanta, GA, May 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1997, 22:25 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PSCA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N856FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856FT-2001-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-132 (registry code 1384882, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970508013339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT NIGHT: AIRCRAFT TAXIING FROM RAMP TO TAXIWAY, AIRCRAFT'S #4 ENGINE COWL CONTACTED FUEL TRUCK-FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED WITHOUT LIGHTS ON. FUEL TRUCK "BROKE DOWN" A FEW MINUTES BEFORE BEING STRUCK BY AIRCRAFT. NOTE: THIS INSPECTORS OPINION THAT FLT CREW COULD NOT HAVE SEEN THE FUEL TRUCK DUE TO ANGLE OF PUSH BACK AND SHORT TAXI.

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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