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ANC87IA077

1987-06-09 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

THE MECHANIC IN CHARGE OF TAXIING THE BOEING 727 ALLOWED AN UNAUTHORIZED AVIONICS TECHNICIAN TO OCCUPY THE PILOT SEAT. THEY INADVERTENTLY DEACTIVATED THE BRAKE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM AND STRUCK A PASSENGER JETWAY AT THE TERMINAL GATE. AN ENSUING FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE AND A COMPANY GROUND VEHICLE AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THE JETWAY. THE TERMINAL GATE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. A TOTAL OF 11 PERSONS WERE INJURED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_ANC87IA077.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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