# Incident 20040306002229I: Lkheed 10113853, San Diego, CA, March 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: North Island Nas/Halsey Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 32.6992° N, 117.2150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field (NZY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6992&lon=-117.2150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161AT-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed L-1011-385-3 (registry code 5265020, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-l-1011-385-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 10113853
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040306002229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ATA AIRLINES WAS OPERATING "REACH" FLT. 4142, FROM NORTH ISLAND NAVAL AIR STATION, CORONADO, CA. DURING THE STARTING SEQUENCE THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY TO PUSH A GROUND AIR CART WITH A TOW TRACTOR ATTACHED TO IT INTO THE NUMBER THREE ENGINE COWLING. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF CRUSHING OF THE LOWER COWLING INLET LEADING EDGE, AND MINOR SHEEL METAL SCRAPPING ON THE LOWER LEFT FAN COWLING ASSSEMBLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE GROUND CREW, FLIGHT CREW AND/OR PASSENGERS. THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED IN PART BY A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GROUND CREW AND THE MECHANIC WHO WAS SIGNALLING THE FLIGHT CREW. THE GROUND CREW AND MECHANIC WERE NOT WEARING HEADSETS, AND RELIED SOLELY ON HAND SIGNAL THAT WERE BEING GIVEN BY THE FLIGHT CREW. THE FLIGHT CREW INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE SET, BUT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WERE NOT ENGAGED. A FUNCTIONAL TEST WAS MADE ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM BY ATA MAINTENANCE OFFICIALS. THE BRAKES TEST OKAY, WITH MO MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES BEING NOTED.

## Other reports on N161AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20000502019729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000502019729I), May 2, 2000: Lkheed 10113853 (N161AT), Indianapolis, IN. (-23) On may 2, 2000, a Lockheed L-1011, N161AT registered and operated by American trans air, inc., departed from baltimore, Maryland airport, (bwi) to…

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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