# Incident 20030920025529I: Doug MD88, Phoenix, AZ, September 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2003, 00:07 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ASMF
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162PL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD88
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920025529I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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