- Date
- May 20, 1983, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 52 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N40483Boeing 727-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830520054319A
- Case key
- 33329
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Analysis
The acft was scheduled as Continental flt 415 & was departing from eastern airlines gate 14A. While departing from the gate, the aircrew turned left to avoid a DC-9 parked at gate 14, then turned right to a yellow taxi line. While maneuvering, the left wing tip extended across designated vehicular traffic lanes & scraped the top of a fuel truck. The truck was parked in the furthest lane from the gates & taxi area. Reportedly, there would have been sufficient clearance if the acft had been taxiing along the yellow taxi line without maneuvering.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40483
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18331
- Airframe hours
- 47,457
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Continental Air Lines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 7, 1983 · 774 hours before
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert-St. Louis Intntl.
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,461 total · 6,700 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.