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.
Windsor Locks, CT (bdl): DAL1690, N939DL, MD88, bdl-atl, pushing off gate 12 struck a parked fuel truck with its right wing tip. Aircraft reconnected to the gate and deplaned all passengers without incident.
Damage was minor, wing tip was repaired overnight and aircraft departed the next morning.
As the FAA filed it
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT (BDL): DAL1690, N939DL, MD88, BDL-ATL, PUSHING OFF GATE 12 STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK WITH ITS RIGHT WING TIP. AIRCRAFT RECONNECTED TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED ALL PASSENGERS WITHOUT INCIDENT.
DAMAGE WAS MINOR, WING TIP WAS REPAIRED OVERNIGHT AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE NEXT MORNING.
Other reports on N939DL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.