# Incident 20200118003639I: Aerospatiale ATR-72, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2020, 09:13 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: BHLF
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: C6-BFW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE ATR-72
- People aboard: 66
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,070 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200118003639I

## Narrative

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

WHILE BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE FOR DEPARTURE.  GROUND CONTROL ASKED TO PULL FORWARD SO AS NOT TO BLOCK TWY T1.  WHILE BEING PULLED FORWARD TUG DRIVER MADE A QUICK 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  TOW BAR BROKE AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD AND CONTACTED THE TUG.  DAMAGE TO RADOME AND STBY PITOT TUBE.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS.  ANOTHER TUG AND TOW BAR DISENGAGED THE AIRCRAFT FROM TUG.  PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED. BOTH RADOME AND STBY. PROBE  REPLACED.

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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