# NTSB LAX83IA316: Boeing 727-200, N88708, Los Angeles, CA, July 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1983, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 33.950241, -118.39952 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9502&lon=-118.3995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 133 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83IA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23591/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA316

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - procedures/directives - inadequate, company/operator management (cause)

## Analysis

DURING TAXI INTO THE TERMINAL THE ACFT LEFT WING HIT A PARKED TOW TRUCK BOOM. THE TOW TRUCK WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE PARKED IN THE CLEAR ZONE DUE TO ITS HEIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N88708](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88708-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 19799, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-200
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (registry code 1384076) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19799
- Airframe hours: 48170
- Engines: P&W JT89-D 1450 horsepower turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Continetnal Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: IAH, HOUSTON, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LAX, Los Angeles International

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; flight instructor, commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14,805 total, 4,340 in this make and model, 6,750 as pilot in command, 253 in the last 90 days, 77 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft unknown
- Temperature: 68 °F
- Observed at: LAX

## Other investigations on N88708 (2)

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.

- [NTSB DEN81IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81IA046), Jun 27, 1981: Boeing 727 (N88708), Denver, CO, incident, minor damage
- [NTSB DEN76AD032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD032), Feb 16, 1976: Boeing 727 (N88708), Denver, CO, substantial damage

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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