- Date
- October 12, 1981
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 49 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8142NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811012085879I
- Case key
- 126674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0021 81/10/12 ST LOUIS,MO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0837 N8142N PX- 0 0 43 46, 10216 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 616 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT-ST LOUIS OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NE ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- R WING TIP STRUCK DUMP TRUCK PARKED NR CONSTRUCTION AREA ON R SIDE OF TAXILANE IN CONGESTED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8142N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lambert-St Louis
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.