# Accident 19990702008309A: Doug DC932, Milwaukee, WI, July 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1999, 08:00 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 42.8802° N, 87.8907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8802&lon=-87.8907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502ME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990702008309A

## Narrative

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

MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES ACFT WAS AT THE GATE DEPLANING PASSENGERS WHEN IT WAS STRUCK ON THE AFT LEFT SIDE BY A LAVATORY SERVICING VEHICLE, THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUMSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. (.19) ON JULY 2, 1999, AT 0806 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-32, N502ME, OPERATED BY MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES INCORPORATED AS FLIGHT 2, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE BEING SERVICED AT GATE 41, CONCOURSE D, AT GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MKE), MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. THE DRIVER OF A LAVATORY TRUCK REPORTED DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE BACKING THE TRUCK INTO POSITION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE THROUGH FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CFR PART 121.  THE FLIGHTCREW, FIVE PASSENGERS AND LAVATORY TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, WITH A SCHEDULED STOP AT MKE, EN ROUTE TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI), KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.        (-23)LAVATORY SERVICE VEHICLE BACKED INTO AIRCRAFT AS IT WAS DEPLANING PASSENGERS CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  VEHICLE DRIVER STATED THAT AS SHE WAS P OSITIONING VEHICLE TO SERVICE AIRCRAFT HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ONTO THE ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE THEN CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI99FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA208), Jul 2, 1999: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (N502ME), Milwaukee, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The vehicle driver's inadvertent application of the accelerator pedal while backing towards the aircraft.

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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