# Accident 20081226856639A: Doug DC983, Los Angeles, CA, December 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2008, 08:57 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 33.9498° N, 118.3997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9498&lon=-118.3997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9617R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9617R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- Reported engine: JT8D2009X
- People aboard: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 7,300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA09FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081226856639A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT 1350 WAS PUSHED BACK FROM GATE 48B AND THEN BEING PULLED FORWARD TO REPOSITION THE TRACTOR AND TOWBAR ONTO TAXI WAY C-9, WHEN THE TOWBAR JACKNIFED, CAUSING  THE TRACTOR TO SKID SIDEWAYS INTO THE AIRCRAFT’S FUSELAGE AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA09FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA022), Dec 26, 2008: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (N9617R), Los Angeles Intl Airport, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The first officer's unannounced advancement of the left engine throttle, which led to a sustained application of high thrust that caused the airplane to impact the tug.

## Other reports on N9617R (1)

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

- [Incident 20150922018089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150922018089I), Sep 22, 2015: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (N9617R), Sacramento, CA, No damage. American airlines flight 1218, an MD-83 aircraft, N9617R, aborted take-off due to illumination of ?r oil strainer clog? Annunciator. The aircraft reduced…

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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