# Incident 20080727842109I: Doug DC987, Reno, NV, July 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2008, 18:21 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N952MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N952MA-2013-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (registry code 3022087, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-87) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 (registry code 51694, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-219) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC987
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080727842109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CARRIER GROUND CREW PERSONNEL WERE IN THE BREAK ROOM UPON AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AT GATE C-11.  A FUEL TRUCK THAT WAS FUELING AN AIRCRAFT AT GATE C-9 EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET INTO THE SAFETY ENVELOPE OF GATE C-11.  AS A RESULT OF RUSHING AND LACK OF PREPARATION, THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS MARSHALED INTO THE FUEL TRUCK.

## Other reports on N952MA (1)

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

- [Incident 20091118051319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091118051319I), Nov 18, 2009: Mcdonnell D DC-9-87 (N952MA), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. On November 18, 2009 flight 5813 departed runway 19R and at approximately 2000 feet AGL the flight crew heard a loud bang and the aircraft momentarily "lurched…

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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