ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190682
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Date: | Friday 27 March 1992 |
Time: | 13:18 |
Type: | Boeing 757-223 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | N615AM |
MSN: | 24491/245 |
Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7790 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 195 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Hayden, Colorado -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Hayden, Colorado |
Destination airport: | Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW/KDFW) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:THE PILOT HAD REQUESTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BE PUSHED BACK FROM THE TERMINAL APRON TO THE DE-ICING AREA PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE WEATHER WAS OVERCAST AND THERE WAS LIGHT PRECIPITATION WITH THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AROUND FREEZING. THE SIGNALMAN OPERATED THE HEADSET INTER PHONE WHICH WAS PLUGGED INTO THE COMMUNICATIONS PANEL ON THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE CREW CHIEF DIRECTED THE PUSH BACK FROM THE TRACTOR. THE SIGNALMAN WAS STRUCK BY THE NOSE WHEELS. ALL GROUND CREW PERSONNEL, EXCEPT THE SIGNALMAN, STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN TRAINED BY VIDEO ON THE THREE MAN PUSH BACK PROCEDURES. THEY STATED, HOWEVER, THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE LONGER COMMUNICATIONS CORD AND THE CONNECTOR BOX ON THE TRACTOR, WHICH ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROCEDURES.
CAUSE:
FAILURE OF THE GROUND PERSONNEL TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES. A FACTOR WAS THE INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW92LA100 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001211X14301&key=1 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Nov-2016 21:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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