Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1987 |
Time: | 08:55 |
Type: | Boeing 727-90C |
Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
Registration: | N766AS |
MSN: | 19728/536 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 49937 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Pushback / towing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The mechanic in charge of taxiing the empty aircraft allowed an avionics technician to occupy the pilots seat. They inadvertently deactivated the brake pressurization system. The aircraft struck a passenger jet way and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
"Brakes(normal)..inadvertent deactivation..company maintenance personnel
Checklist..not used..company maintenance personnel
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Planning/decision..inadequate..company maintenance personnel"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC87IA077 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Aviation Letter 248
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/91 (#1)
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Brian Maddison
photo (c) C. Waldenmaier, via Werner Fischdick; Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK); March 1984
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