20041025035499A

Accident

FAA accident report · Saab 340B · Dallas-Ft Worth, TX · October 25, 2004

Date
October 25, 2004 · 18:40 local
Place
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SIMA
Aircraft
N376AE
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW05LA010
Reported as
Saab 340B
Reported engine
GE CT79B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,395 total2,004 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

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) Tug operator pushed back too aggressively jack-knifing tug and tow bar. Tug operator jumped off tug and was struck on hand by #2 propeller. Tug operator sustained mulitiple fractures to hand.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) TUG OPERATOR PUSHED BACK TOO AGGRESSIVELY JACK-KNIFING TUG AND TOW BAR. TUG OPERATOR JUMPED OFF TUG AND WAS STRUCK ON HAND BY #2 PROPELLER. TUG OPERATOR SUSTAINED MULITIPLE FRACTURES TO HAND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.