19990313018579I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727225A · Los Angeles, CA · March 13, 1999

Date
March 13, 1999 · 11:50 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Los Angeles International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N8877Z
Reported as
Boeing 727225A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) NWA702, under tow, was holding east on bravo short of papa. The controller instructed the crew, "taxi up to but hold short of RY25R." The crew's reply, "hold short of RY25R, was interupted so the controller reissued it..again the crew read back the instruction to hold short..the controller observed nwa 702 towing beyond the hold bar and statedc "hold short of RY25R". The crew replied they would "hold here". The controller informed the crew they were already across the hold bars so he cleared them to continue across RY25R. The break man operating the radio, reported that when it appeared the tug driver was not going to stop, he call-ed down to him three times but they continued past the hold bars.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) NWA702, UNDER TOW, WAS HOLDING EAST ON BRAVO SHORT OF PAPA. THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE CREW, "TAXI UP TO BUT HOLD SHORT OF RY25R." THE CREW'S REPLY, "HOLD SHORT OF RY25R, WAS INTERUPTED SO THE CONTROLLER REISSUED IT..AGAIN THE CREW READ BACK THE INSTRUCTION TO HOLD SHORT..THE CONTROLLER OBSERVED NWA 702 TOWING BEYOND THE HOLD BAR AND STATEDC "HOLD SHORT OF RY25R". THE CREW REPLIED THEY WOULD "HOLD HERE". THE CONTROLLER INFORMED THE CREW THEY WERE ALREADY ACROSS THE HOLD BARS SO HE CLEARED THEM TO CONTINUE ACROSS RY25R. THE BREAK MAN OPERATING THE RADIO, REPORTED THAT WHEN IT APPEARED THE TUG DRIVER WAS NOT GOING TO STOP, HE CALL-ED DOWN TO HIM THREE TIMES BUT THEY CONTINUED PAST THE HOLD BARS.