Incident · 1992-03-19

NTSB case BFO92IA046 · BOEING 747-123 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1992-03-19
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BOEING 747-123 (N681UP)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

Probable cause

INADEQUATE OBSTACLE CLEARANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN ON GROUND COLLISION WITH A BLAST FENCE. CONTRIBUTING WAS INADEQUATE INSTRUCTION FROM GROUND PERSONNEL.

Source: NTSB case BFO92IA046

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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