# Incident 19980911042849I: Boeing 7374B7, Philadelphia, PA, September 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1998, 19:35 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N775AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7374B7
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980911042849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO RECEIVING VISUAL ALL CLEAR SIGNAL FROM THE GROUND PERSONNEL. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TUG SITTING ADJACENT TO THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT ENGINE. NO INJURIES. APPROXIMATELY $400,000.00 DAMAGE TO ENGINE.

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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