# Incident 20050606012319I: Boeing 757223, Boston, MA, June 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2005, 15:12 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185AN-2024-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (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: BOEING 757223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,700 total, 4,727 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050606012319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN FLIGHT 98 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE L1 DOOR AND ESCAPE SLIDE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ITS PUSHBACK WITH THE L1 DOOR OPENED. THE DOOR WAS REOPENED AFTER THE INITIAL CLOSURE TO ACCOMMODATE A LATE ARRIVING PASSENGER. THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT DID NOT NOTIFIY THE CAPTAIN THAT THE DOOR WAS TO BE REOPENED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN THE PUSHBACK WITH THE DOOR OPEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE L1 DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE AND CONTAINER. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT MANUAL AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE WERE FOLLOWED. THE AMR CMO WAS CONTACTED AND THIS ITEM IS BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE COMPANY TO AMEND THE CURRENT PROCEDURE TO REQUIRE THAT ANY TIME THE CABIN DOORS ARE TO BE DISARMED AND REOPENED, THAT THE CAPTAIN BE NOTIFIED.

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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