# Accident 20041025035499A: Saab 340B, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, October 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2004, 18:40 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 32.8967° N, 97.0378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8967&lon=-97.0378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N376AE-2007-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,395 total, 2,004 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041025035499A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DFW05LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA010), Oct 25, 2004: Saab-Scania SF-340B (N376AE), Fort Worth, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The ground personnel's failure to maintain clearance from the propeller. Contributing factors were the ground personnel's failure to comply with procedures/directives and the ground personnel's…

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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