# Incident 20161110018419I: Airbus A-380, Los Angeles, CA, November 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2016, 22:45 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: C4XF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: B-6139 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A-380
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYCE TRENT 970-84
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161110018419I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/11/2016, CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT A380/B-6139/MSN88, FLIGHT CZ327/328, AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LOCAL TIME 2245, DURING PUSHING BACK FROM THE GATE 159 WITH TWO ENGINE (1&2) RUNNING DUE TO INOPERATIVE  AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU), THE ATC REQUESTED TO PULL BACK TO THE GATE AND DOING SO THE TUG DRIVER FELT LOSING CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, DRIVER SET BRAKES AND EMERGENCY BRAKE OF THE TRUCK, AT THE SAME TIME MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ON THE HEAD SET AT THE TIME OBSERVED AIRCRAFT ROLLING FORWARD AND THE TOW-BAR BENDING , NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT CREW TO SET THE BRAKE AND THE CREW SET THE BRAKE HOWEVER BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE CREW SETTING BRAKE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE DRIVER OF THE TUG SETTING THE BRAKE OF THE TUG, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD DUE TO A SLIGHT SLOPE OF THE TAXIWAY OF THE GROUND, AND AIRCRAFT RUN IN TO THE TUG CAUSING DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR DOOR, AND TIRE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

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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