# Incident 20000106002589I: Doug DC983, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, January 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2000
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N436AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N436AA-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000106002589I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDNET OCCURED DURING A POWER BACK DEPARTURE FROM GATE 33A AT DFW. GUIDEMAN BRIEFED CAPT THAT A TAIL LEFT WOULD BE DIRECTED, NORMAL FOR THIS GATE.  AFTER A/C CROSSED TURNING POINT A TAIL SOUTH WAS DIRECTED.  EITHER THE TURN WAS LATE OR PILOT DIDN'T START TURN IMMEDIATLY, IT BECAME APPARNET TO THE WING WALKER THAT THE A/C TURN WOULD BRING CLOSE PROXIMI OF A LARGE VACUMM TRUCK THAT WAS CLEANING OUT A SEWER PIPE.  THE WING WALKER RAN BACK TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE QUIDEMAN TO SIGNAL A STOP, BY THIS TIME THE A/C WAS ENTERING A DOWN SLOPE AREA AND COULD NOT STOP.  A/C CAME IN CONTACT WITH TRUCK WITH TAILCONE.  CAPT FILED ASAP RPT AND RCVD COUNSELING GROM FHIEF PILOT.  GOUND CREW WAS COUNSELED AND RCVD REM TRNG.

## Other reports on N436AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970331007989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970331007989I), Mar 31, 1997: Doug DC983 (N436AA), Syracuse, NY. Narrative: on March 31, 1997, at 1718 local time, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83, N436AA, registered to American airlines, inc., while the aircraft was taxiing on…

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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