# Incident 20060424007859I: Doug DC982, Phoenix, AZ, April 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2006, 22:12 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N424AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N424AA-2022-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,900 total, 599 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424007859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT 424AA, FLIGHT 2487, WAS TAXIING EASTBOUND ON PHOENIX SKY HARBOR TAXIWAY DELTA WITH A PHOENIX AVIATION DEPARTMENT FOLLOW ME TRUCK LEADING THE WAY AFTER LANDING AND ENROUTE TO THE GATE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RIGHT WINGTIP WITH A KIEWIT WESTERN COMPANY CONCRETE TEXTURING MACHINE. THE KIEWIT WESTERN CO. MACHINE WAS OPERATING 33' SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE DELTA TAXIWAY. THE DRIVER OF THE PHOENIX AVIATION DEPARTMENT FOLLOW-ME WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIRCRAFT VIA RADIO, BUT USED HAND SIGNALS TO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOTS TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOTS SAW THE DRIVER POINTING TO THE LEFT AND STARTED THEIR LEFT TURN TO THE GATE WHEN THEY STRUCK THE CONCRETE MACHINE ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT NIGHT.

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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