# Incident 20110220007932I: Boeing 737-823, Dfw Internation, TX, February 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2011, 19:23 local time
- Place: Dfw Internation, TX
- Airport: Dfw International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8969° N, 97.0381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8969&lon=-97.0381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N945AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-823 (registry code 13844CB, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-823
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,741 total, 3,736 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11IA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11IA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110220007932I

## Narrative

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

B-737-823 AIRCRAFT PUSHBACK BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1923 LOCAL, AT A STANDARD QUICK RATE.  AT 1924 LOCAL THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SLIGHT SWELL IN THE RAMP SURFACE.  AT THIS TIME THE TOWBAR DISCONNECTED FROM THE NOSEWHEEL AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED BACKWARD ROLL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET, IMPACTING  DC-9-82.  TOWBAR WAS IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION.  IN ADDITION TO THE UNDESIRED TOWBAR DISCONNECT THE COMMUNICATION CORD WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN NO GROUND TO COCKPIT COMMUNICATION.  THE SHORT DISTANCE FROM DISCONNECT TO DC-9 IMPACT LEFT COCKPIT CREW WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO INTERCEDE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N70504, Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82): [Incident 20110220007942I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110220007942I)

## 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 CEN11IA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11IA198), Feb 21, 2011: Boeing 737-823 (N945AN), Southlake, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The tractor driver’s failure to confirm that the tow bar head/handle was secured correctly to the airplane.

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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