19951017039709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC983 · Boston, MA · October 17, 1995

Date: October 17, 1995 · 19:35 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N571AA
Reported as: Doug DC983
People aboard: 47
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,200 total2,523 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N571AARegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2018 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)S/N 49353 · Built 1987 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-jet

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: flight 1009 was pushed back from the gate and then towed along taxiway "a" for engine start. Engines were started during the tow. After the tow was completed, the towbar was disconnected. The aircraft rolled forward and struck the tow tractor. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the radome and lower left fuselage aft of the radome. Six (6) stringers were damaged over approximately a 4'X4' area from station 47 to station 83.55. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 1009 WAS PUSHED BACK FROM THE GATE AND THEN TOWED ALONG TAXIWAY "A" FOR ENGINE START. ENGINES WERE STARTED DURING THE TOW. AFTER THE TOW WAS COMPLETED, THE TOWBAR WAS DISCONNECTED. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE TOW TRACTOR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RADOME AND LOWER LEFT FUSELAGE AFT OF THE RADOME. SIX (6) STRINGERS WERE DAMAGED OVER APPROXIMATELY A 4'X4' AREA FROM STATION 47 TO STATION 83.55. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^