33.4343° N, 112.0116° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 20, 2003 · 00:07 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
ASMF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N162PL
Reported as
Doug MD88
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D*
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.
(-23) On September 20, 2003, at 12:07 am MST, while taxiing for takeoff at Phoenix sky Harbor airport, an aero Mexico MD80-88 collided with a taxiway/runway sweeper with the right outboard slat and wing tip of the aircraft, sending the sweeper into a spin. Damage to aircraft was non-structural. The driver of the sweeper suffered minor injuries.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2003, AT 12:07 AM MST, WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT, AN AERO MEXICO MD80-88 COLLIDED WITH A TAXIWAY/RUNWAY SWEEPER WITH THE RIGHT OUTBOARD SLAT AND WING TIP OF THE AIRCRAFT, SENDING THE SWEEPER INTO A SPIN. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS NON-STRUCTURAL. THE DRIVER OF THE SWEEPER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.