# Incident 19990515014069I: Doug DC987, New York, NY, May 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1999, 22:30 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GTIA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC987
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515014069I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/15/99, AT APPROXIMATELY 2230L, THE LEFT WING TIP OF A DC-9-87 OPERATED BY SPRIT AIRLINE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP OF A B-727-200OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES. THE DC-9 AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED TO GATE C-5 AT LGA. THE B-727 AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT GATE C-7 AT LGA. THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY DUE TO WEATHER AND THE RAMP AREA WAS DRY. THE PARKING AREA AT GATE C-5 IS VERY DARK DUE TO NONE OF THE LIGHTS ON THE LIGHT TOWER AT GATE C-5 BEING ILLUMINATED.

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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