# Accident 20020120002439A: Doug DC932, Washington, DC, January 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2002, 07:15 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 38.9500° N, 77.4467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9500&lon=-77.4467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N837AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N837AT-2004-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020120002439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING PUSHBACK FROM GATE B-24 ON ICY RAMP WITH BOTH ENGINES RUNNING TUG DRIVER BEGAN TURNING THE AIRCRAFT AS HE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE LANES. AS THE TURN WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY ONTO TAXIWAY WITH TAIL FACING THE EAST AND THE NOSE FACING THE WEST THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID LATERALLY TO THE STARBOARD SIDE AND THE TUG VEHICLE STARTED TO SKID LATERALLY TO THE PORT SIDE. WITH AIRCRAFT AND TUG VEHICLE BOTH SLIDING AT THE SAME TIME A COLLISION OCCURRED WITH THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE TUG VEHICLE AND THE RIGHT SIDE FORWARD FUSELAGE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO CHAINS ON THE PUSH VEHICLE AND THE OPERATOR WAS NOT ON HEADSET COMMUNICATION WITH THE PILOT PER AIR TRAN GMM PROCEDURES. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## 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 NYC02LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA056), Jan 20, 2002: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (N837AT), Dulles, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The lack of direction from the operator on how to perform pushbacks on an icy ramp, which led to the tug driver positioning the tug at an angle to the nose of the airplane that allowed the airplane…

## Other reports on N837AT (2)

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

- [Incident 20021101031009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021101031009I), Nov 1, 2002: Doug DC932 (N837AT), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On 11/01/02, airtran flight 985 a DC-9-32, made an emergency landing on runway 32, at Pittsburgh international airport (pit), shortly after departure due…
- [Incident 20020320006969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020320006969I), Mar 20, 2002: Doug DC932 (N837AT), Bloomington-Nor, IL. (-23)[privacy data omitted] after takeoff and climb, the aircraft experienced a pressurization "bump" and one of the cabin attendants informed the crew of a…

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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