# Incident 19951017039709I: Doug DC983, Boston, MA, October 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1995, 19:35 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N571AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N571AA-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 47
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 2,523 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951017039709I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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