- Date
- October 28, 1970
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 107 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8027Douglas D DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158796
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0049 70/10/28 WASHINGTON,DC DOUGLAS D DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1710 N8027 PX- 0 0 97 57, 22293 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 6209 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,ENGLAND WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN REMARKS- R WING TIP STRUCK MOBILE LOUNGE SERVICING UAL PARKED JET ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8027
- Reported as
- Douglas D DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
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