# Incident 19881225069309I: Doug DC982, Salt Lake City, UT, December 25, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1988, 11:25 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N476AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N476AA-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881225069309I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINES STARTED DURING PUSH BACK. AIRCRAFT PUSHED TUG AND IT SWUNG AROUND HITTING FUSELAGE. RAMP WAS ICE COVERED.

## Other reports on N476AA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940704036129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940704036129I), Jul 4, 1994: Doug DC982 (N476AA), Miami, FL. Narrative: individual reported as smoking in aircraft lavatory in flight. Loi sent 07-23-94 returned unclaimed 08-14-94. No further incident after confronted…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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