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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
American airlines aircraft substained damage to the left hand fuselage and fairing at sta. 700. The damage was caused by an American airlines employee towing an air conditioning cart that came loose from the tug after turning close to the aircraft. Contract maintenance (twa) was called and instructed to do an airworthy repair to ready the aircraft for ferry flight per American airlines fax# P005610MCIAA. This authorizes repair and one time flight from mci to dfw for further evaluation and repair of the aircraft. The employee of American airlines was sent for drug screen testing per American airlines policy. With this report incident # CE981AC019 is considered closed.
As the FAA filed it
AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HAND FUSELAGE AND FAIRING AT STA. 700. THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY AN AMERICAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEE TOWING AN AIR CONDITIONING CART THAT CAME LOOSE FROM THE TUG AFTER TURNING CLOSE TO THE AIRCRAFT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE (TWA) WAS CALLED AND INSTRUCTED TO DO AN AIRWORTHY REPAIR TO READY THE AIRCRAFT FOR FERRY FLIGHT PER AMERICAN AIRLINES FAX# P005610MCIAA. THIS AUTHORIZES REPAIR AND ONE TIME FLIGHT FROM MCI TO DFW FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND REPAIR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE EMPLOYEE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES WAS SENT FOR DRUG SCREEN TESTING PER AMERICAN AIRLINES POLICY. WITH THIS REPORT INCIDENT # CE981AC019 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.
Other reports on N887AA · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.