# Accident 19980404005999A: Doug DC1010F, Memphis, TN, April 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1998, 03:53 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- 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: N68053, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68053-2024-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-10F (registry code 3022112, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-10-10f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-6D (registry code 30076, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1010F
- Reported engine: GE CF66D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,113 total, 1,486 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980404005999A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH NOSE DOCK ON PUSHBACK FROM GATE. TUG DRIVER CUT IT AROUND TOO SOON. (.4)THE TUG OPERATOR (MAINTENANCE REPRESENTATIVE) WAS PUSHING BACK AN AIRPLANE AT AN ANGLE FROM A NOSE DOCK. A WING WALKER YELLED FOR THE TUG OPERATOR TO STOP; HOWEVER THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE NOSE DOCK BEFORE THE TUG OPERATOR COULD STOP THE TUG.

## 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 MIA98LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA124), Apr 4, 1998: Douglas DC-10-10F (N68053), Memphis, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The tug operator's (maintenance representative) inadequate visual lookout during pushback.

## Other reports on N68053 (2)

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

- [Incident 20050603012339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050603012339I), Jun 3, 2005: Doug DC1010F (N68053), Kansas City, MO. (-23) See attached for flight engineer information. Facts given by the director of operations: aircraft was in cruise flight at FL350 and all indications were…
- [Incident 19780601041459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780601041459I), Jun 1, 1978: Doug DC10/ (N68053), Denver, CO. Complete instrument failure after failure of a generator drive end bearing failure. Landed safely.

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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