# Incident 19961209038869I: Doug DC863F, Windsor Locks, CT, December 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1996
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RRXA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N959R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N959R-2002-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F (registry code 302198H, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D series (registry code 52035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863F
- Reported engine: PWA JT3C*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961209038869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N959R, A DOUGLAS DC-8B-73, WAS PUSHED BACK BY JEANNINE DION, A U.S. AIRPORTS EMPLOYEE, IN PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE FROM THE U.S. AIRPORTS RAMP. THE RAMP IS A NON MOVEMENT AREA. THE RAMP WAS DARK AND SNOW BANKS RESTRICTED CLEARANCE FOR OVER HANGING ENGINES. N959R HAD BEEN PARKED 90 DEGREES TO N869BX, A DOUGLAS DC-8-73, OPERATED BY BURLINGTON AIR FREIGHT. MS. DION MARSHALLED THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD. THE CAPTAIN OF N959R, MR. MELVIN T. GRAVES, STARTED A RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXI WAY UNIFORM. THE ELEVATOR OF 959R CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ELEVATOR OF N869BX. CAPTAIN GRAVES STATED THAT MS. DION DIRECTED HIM TO START HIS RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY UNIFORM, AND AS HE PROCEEDED THROUGH THE TURN BOTH CONTROL COLUMNS MOVED AS IF A BLAST OF AIR HAD HIT THE ELEVATORS. RONALD HENDRIX, EMPLOYED BY AIRBORNE EXPRESS, WHO HAD WITNESSED THE INCIDENT, TOOK OVER THE MARSHALLING WANDS AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT FROM PROCEEDING ANY FURTHER.

## Other reports on N959R (5)

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

- [Incident 19961128042249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961128042249I), Nov 28, 1996: Doug DC863F (N959R), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. Struck a deer on landing rollout. Airport needs deer control plan.
- [Incident 19900706032709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900706032709I), Jul 6, 1990: Doug DC863F (N959R), Dayton, OH. Shut down NR1 engine due to compressor stalling and power loss. Diverted and landed.
- [Incident 19900703032249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900703032249I), Jul 3, 1990: Doug DC863F (N959R), Dayton, OH. Smoke in cockpit. Landed without incident. A wire had shorted in heater mat under floorboard.
- [Incident 19881222067949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881222067949I), Dec 22, 1988: Doug DC863F (N959R), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. At rotation NR3 cowling departed engine due to attaching latches not in place or locked.
- [Incident 19851212069729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851212069729I), Dec 12, 1985: Doug DC863F (N959R), Dayton, OH. Rudder control problem during climb required six degree trim to fly straight. Deiced before departure.

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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