# Accident 19971207043229A: Doug DC951, Memphis, TN, December 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1997, 13:40 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 35.0424° N, 89.9767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0424&lon=-89.9767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N774NC-2018-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,949 total, 7,383 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971207043229A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ATTENDANT LOST BALANCE DURING PUSHBACK IN A TURN. INJURED. (.4)THE CAPTAIN AND A GROUND HANDLER REPORTED THAT PUSHBACK WAS NORMAL. THE CAPTAIN WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD BEEN INJURED AND WAS COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA. THE AIRPLANE WAS RETURNED TO THE GATE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PUSHED BACK, IT JERKED, AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A GALLEY DOOR. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND INITIAL INDICATION WAS THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A CONCUSSION AND TORN MUSCLES TO THE NECK AND HEAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA058), Dec 7, 1997: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 (N774NC), Memphis, TN, no damage. Probable cause: the flight attendant lost his balance during pushback and struck his head on a galley door.

## Other reports on N774NC (1)

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

- [Incident 20020526010019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020526010019I), May 26, 2002: Doug DC951 (N774NC), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On may 26, 2002 northwest airlines flight 222 a DC9 reported to a.t.c. it has a pressurization and was returning to mci. The aircraft landed without…

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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