Boeing 727-100 N1973

Summary

On 26 July 1988 at about 14:19 local time, a Boeing 727-100 registered N1973, operated by Connie Kallitta Services, was involved in an incident near Denver, Colorado, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 July 1988 at 14:19

Classification

Incident

Location

Denver, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Stapleton Int'l (DEN)

Coordinates

39.7609, -104.9196

Aircraft

Boeing 727-100

Registration

N1973

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Connie Kallitta Services

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → Denver

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88IA167

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE TAXIING TO THE CARGO RAMP, THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH A LIGHTPOLE AS THE FLIGHT CREW WERE DIRECTED BY GND PERS. ONE TAXI DIRECTOR ATTEMPTED TO HANDOFF THE FLIGHT TO ANOTHER BUT THE SECOND MISUNDERSTOOD AND TURNED AWAY. A THIRD PERSON, WHO WAS NOT A TAXI DIRECTOR BUT WAS A SAFETY LOOKOUT, BEGAN TO GIVE TAXI SIGNALS AND THE FLIGHTCREW FOLLOWED HIM. THIS PERSON DETERMINED THAT THE WING WOULD CLEAR THE POLE AND DIRECTED A TURN. HE BELIEVED THE FLIGHTCREW DID NOT TURN AS RAPIDLY AS HE HAD DIRECTED, RESULTING IN THE WING CONTACTING THE POLE. THE SAFETY LOOKOUT SAID HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE ACFT BUT HE WAS OUT OF VIEW UNDER THE ACFT NOSE AND HAD TO RUN OUT 15 FEET TO BE SEEN BY THE FLIGHTCREW. THE WINGTIPS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THE 727 COCKPIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.