# Incident 19970819033199I: Airbus A320231, San Francisco, CA, August 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1997, 21:40 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N629AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N629AW-2014-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-231 (registry code 3930325, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320231
- People aboard: 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,799 total, 2,830 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970819033199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER PUSH-BACK, THE CAPTAIN BEGAN TO TAXI THE AIRPLANE WHILE THE PUSH-BACK TUG, TUG DRIVER AND RIGHT -WING WALKER WERE IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE GROUND PERSONNEL RAN TO SAFETY, AND THE AIRCRAFT AND TUG COLLIDED.

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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