- Date
- July 11, 1988, 17:37 local (22:37 UTC)
- Place
- St Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 93 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N254USBoeing 727
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880711039479A
- Case key
- 13953
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Analysis
After push back from the gate, the captain received an unrestricted taxi clearance & elected to taxi to the north side of a construction area. Subsequently, the left wing of the acft struck a parked vehicle in a nonmovement area, which resulted in substantial damage to the acft. The capt stated that the lack of information in the form of NOTAMS, lack of specific directions from ground control and lack of signs around the construction site, lead to his decision to taxi along that route.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N254US
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19973
- Airframe hours
- 43,637
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 15,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Northwest Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 17, 1987 · 1,178 hours before
- Departed
- MSP
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSP · Minneapolis - St Paul, runway 29L, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 13,580 total · 10,630 in this make and model · 181 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- MSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
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