# NTSB ANC81IA049: Boeing 727, N496WC, Anchorage, AK, May 4, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1981
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 84 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125456
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC81IA049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81IA049

## NTSB brief

```
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Anchorage Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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