# Incident 20060611013829I: Airbus A319111, Salt Lake City, UT, June 11, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2006, 07:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N929FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N929FR-2015-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-111 (registry code 3940000, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-111) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319111
- People aboard: 86
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060611013829I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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