# Accident 20180824012269A: Boeing B-757, Philadelphia, PA, August 24, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2018, 19:50 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: 5IRF
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: EI-LBT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-757
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180824012269A

## Narrative

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

AER LINGUS FLIGHT 11K, A BOEING B757-200 (REGISTRATION EI-LBT) OPERATING UNDER ASL AIRLINES (IRELAND) 14 CFR PART 129 (CERTIFICATE NUMBER 5IRF414F) HAD AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A GROUND CREW MEMBER. DURING PUSH BACK FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GATE A6, A DNATA GROUND CREWMEMBER WEARING A HEADSET WAS WALKING NEXT TO THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE THE TUG DRIVER WAS PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE ENGINE STARTUP POINT . THE GROUND CREW MEMBER STATIONED AT THE NOSE WAS APPROACHED BY THE RIGHT HAND WINGWALKER CAUSING A LOSS OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. THE GROUND CREW MEMBER ON HEADSET RIGHT LEG BECAME ENTANGLED UNDER THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS LEG AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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