# Incident 20061222027369I: Doug DC982, Las Vegas, NV, December 22, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2006, 23:12 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N498AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498AA-2020-08-03) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061222027369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/22/06 AT 2312 PDT, LAS EAST RAMP CONTROL REPORTED AN AMERICAN AIRLINES (AAL) AIRCRAFT IN TOW CLIPPED THE WING OF ANOTHER AAL AIRCRAFT, BOTH MD-80S. AAL MD-80 AIRCRAFT N498AA WAS BEING PUSHED FOR GATE POSITIONING WITHOUT PAX WHEN IT STRUCK THE LEFT WING TRAILING EDGE OF AAL MD-80, N598AA. MEMBERS OF THE TOWING TEAM WERE AAL GROUND SERVICE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE ALL PROPERLY TRAINED AND AUTHORIZED BY COMPANY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO OTHER PROPERTY ON THE GROUND OR RAMP WERE DAMAGED. AAL COMPANY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT PROPER PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE AND WERE NOT FOLLOWED BY GROUND PERSONNEL INVOLVED. ADDITIONAL LOCAL PROCEDURES WERE PUT IN PLACE IN LAS TO PREVENT RECURRENCE.

## Other reports on N498AA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911016051121I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911016051121I), Oct 16, 1991: Doug DC982 (N498AA), Newark, NJ, Minor damage. Collided with CAL554 while taxiing to gate. Aircraft met at an intersection.

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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