# Incident 19961227043619I: Doug MD11, Los Angeles, CA, December 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1996, 14:50 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N806DE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD11
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961227043619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: (K) AT APPROX. 1450 12/27/97 DELTA FLIGHTS 58 WAS PUSHED BACK FOR DEPARTURE FROM TERMINALS GATE 51B AND THE RIGHT WINGLET STRUCK AN AMERICAN AIRLINES B-757 RIGHT ELEVATOR. THE B757 WAS PARKED AT TERMINAL 4 GATE 42B. THE DELTA MD-11 WINGLET WAS REPLACED BY DELTA. THE AAL B-757 RIGHT ELEVATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REPAIRED BY AAL MAINTENANCE. WEATHER WAS HEAVY RAIN, THE RAMP WAS WET AND SLIPPERY. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SHOWS DELTA AIRLINES PUSHBACK PROCEDURES FOR LOS ANGELES IS ADEQUATE. DELTA HAS DISCIPLINED THE EMPLOYEES FOR FAILING TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED PROCEDURES OF AIRCRAFT PUSHBACK. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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