# Incident 19980421014759I: Boeing 7272Q8, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, April 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1998, 09:09 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N831L-2004-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2Q8 (registry code 138407W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272Q8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 5,800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980421014759I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK TRUCK TURNING IN TO GATE. PILOT SWUNG TOO WIDE. GROUND CREWMAN FAILED TO NOTE AND STOP 727.

## Other reports on N831L (6)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980808026999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980808026999I), Aug 8, 1998: Boeing 727 (N831L), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Incident occurred at approximately 0012 hrs. PDT. The aircraft sustained minor damage to both wing tips and left and right leading edge slats when it taxied…
- [Incident 19941021046879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941021046879I), Oct 21, 1994: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Reno, NV. NR3 engine fire light. Shutdown,returned to Reno, stopped on runway. Unable taxi,brakes heated blew tire plugs.
- [Incident 19920312012379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920312012379I), Mar 12, 1992: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Covington - Cin, OH, Minor damage. NR1 engine failure on climb. Returned to airport. Found NR1 engine turbine had failed.
- [Incident 19870107004249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870107004249I), Jan 7, 1987: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Anchorage, AK. Returned due to odor in cabin. Found sand blasted engine inlets due to reversing on sanded runway.
- [Incident 19820529039209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529039209I), May 29, 1982: Boeing 727247 (N831L), Los Angles, CA, Substantial damage. Taxiing into gate position pilot hit a catering truck parked inside white safety lines. Widened white safety lines.
- [Incident 19800715060999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800715060999I), Jul 15, 1980: Boeing 727247 (N831L), Anchorage, AK. Experienced rapid decompression due to faulty pressure controller.

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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