20060611013829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A319-111 · Salt Lake City, UT · June 11, 2006

Date
June 11, 2006 · 07:30 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
F3LA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N929FR
Reported as
Airbus A319111
People aboard
86
Fatal injuries
0

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) On 06/11/06 at 0730 MST, a frontier airlines (F3LA), flt #580, an Airbus A319-111, N929FR, received minor damage to the radome of the aircraft. The aircraft was in process of being pushed back from gate A7 at (slc). The push was completed, the tow vehicle driver, (crew coordinator), failed to tell the flight crew to set the brakes. The tow member stationed on the RH wing came over and without permission from the coordinator disconnected the tow bar. The number 1 engine had already been started, and the aircraft started to roll forward, the tow truck driver alerted the crew, and they set the brakes hard, the nose of the aircraft bounced down and made contact with the roof of the tug. No injuries were reported. The tow team is contracted to millionaire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 06/11/06 AT 0730 MST, A FRONTIER AIRLINES (F3LA), FLT #580, AN AIRBUS A319-111, N929FR, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RADOME OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN PROCESS OF BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE A7 AT (SLC). THE PUSH WAS COMPLETED, THE TOW VEHICLE DRIVER, (CREW COORDINATOR), FAILED TO TELL THE FLIGHT CREW TO SET THE BRAKES. THE TOW MEMBER STATIONED ON THE RH WING CAME OVER AND WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE COORDINATOR DISCONNECTED THE TOW BAR. THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE HAD ALREADY BEEN STARTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALERTED THE CREW, AND THEY SET THE BRAKES HARD, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DOWN AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE ROOF OF THE TUG. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TOW TEAM IS CONTRACTED TO MILLIONAIRE.