MIA81IA063

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 727 · Miami, FL · April 14, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 14, 1981
Place
Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N356PABoeing 727
Status
Completed · report June 19, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
125389

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0008  81/4/14    MIAMI,FL            BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  4  TRAINING                  AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1330                    N356PA              PX-  0  0  0                            43, 4302 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1089 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MIAMI,FL                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS
        REMARKS- WING TIP STRUCK CARGO LOADER PARKED NR GATE.GND SIGNAL MAN DIRECTING ACFT.

Aircraft

Registration
N356PA
Reported as
Boeing 727
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Miami Intl

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.