FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · West Palm Beach, FL · May 26, 1997
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Ground crew left a tug pointed to the DC9. Parking brake slipped, tug hit DC9 nose, ruptured pressure bulkhead.
GROUND CREW LEFT A TUG POINTED TO THE DC9. PARKING BRAKE SLIPPED, TUG HIT DC9 NOSE, RUPTURED PRESSURE BULKHEAD.