ANC81IA049

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 727 · Anchorage, AK · May 4, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 4, 1981
Place
Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
Injuries
84 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N496WCBoeing 727
Status
Completed · report May 19, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
125456

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0002   81/5/4    ANCHORAGE,AK        BOEING 727          CR-  0  0 10  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2340                    N496WC              PX-  0  0 74                            58, 25500 TOTAL HOURS, 44
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL
        OPERATOR - WIEN AIR ALASKA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FAIRBANKS,AK                ANCHORAGE,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING
        REMARKS- L WING TIP HIT RADOME OF BOEING 727,N498WC,MINOR DMG.TAXI SGLS FM 1 GND CREW,CO RQRD 2.NO TAXI LN.

Aircraft

Registration
N496WC
Reported as
Boeing 727
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Anchorage Intl