# NTSB FTW81IA101: Boeing B-727, N401BN, Dallas, TX, June 3, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1981
- Place: Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 38 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 31, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW81IA101
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81IA101

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0010   81/6/3    DALLAS,TX           BOEING B-727        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1130                    N401BN              PX-  0  0 31                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DFW REGIONAL
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DALLAS,TX                   CHICAGO,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
        REMARKS- SIGNALMAN CLRD ACFT FOR TURN.EMPENNAGE STRUCK EMPENNAGE OF BOEING 727,N405BN.MINOR DMG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N401BN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Dfw Regional

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19810603039849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810603039849I), Jun 3, 1981: Boeing 727, Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Left horizontal stablizer contacted stablizer of a parked aircraft during right turn departure from gate 19.

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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