- Date
- March 19, 1992, 00:50 local (05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N681UPBoeing 747-123
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920319014969I
- Case key
- 11742
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Probable cause
Inadequate obstacle clearance, which resulted in on ground collision with a blast fence. Contributing was inadequate instruction from ground personnel.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was on the south ramp, taxiing from landing, when the right wingtip struck a blast fence. The pilot reported he was following instructions of the ground marshallers at the time. He reported that he was taxiing at about 4 knots, when the marshaller signaled him to turn left. The pilot made a hard left turn, and three quarters into the turn, he felt the nosewheel jitter. He looked out the window in front of the airplane and noticed the marshall signalling him to stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N681UP
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-123
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19661
- Engine
- P&W JT9D-7A, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Parcel Service
- Registered owner
- United Parcel Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Standiford Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 999 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.