- Date
- July 16, 1983, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 65 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N54352Boeing 727-231A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716046909I
- Case key
- 33373
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Sequence of events
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On ground/water collision with object
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
During taxi, while being guided by a ground marshallers the tail of the acft hit the tail of another acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54352
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-231A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21984
- Airframe hours
- 7,818
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 16,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MDT · Harrisburg, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert-St. Louis Intl.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,356 total · 114 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °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.