Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Monday 27 June 2005 |
Time: | 10:00 |
Type: | Boeing 737-2K5 |
Operator: | Bahamasair |
Registration: | C6-BFM |
MSN: | 22596/763 |
First flight: | 1981-05-07 (24 years 2 months) |
Total airframe hrs: | 37729 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Nassau International Airport (NAS) ( Bahamas)
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Phase: | Pushback / towing (PBT) |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:A Boeing 737-2K5 airplane, C6-BFM, owned and operated by Bahamasair became detached from the tow bar and tractor and ended up in the ditch adjacent to taxi way Hotel. There were no passengers on board. The aircraft sustained damages to the radome and fuselage bottom skin and frame forward of the nose landing gear.
Probable Cause:
FINDINGS:
- Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) was not operational
- No System B Hydraulic Pumps
- No Accumulator Pre-Charge
- Tow Bar locking Mechanism Faulty
- No formal training for ground crew as it relates to towing B737 aircraft
- No observed head set for communication used
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | DCA Bahamas |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 21 days () | Accident number: | Final report | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Damaged on the ground
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.