# Incident 20230809013519I: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83, Tucson, AZ, August 9, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2023, 08:10 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: 2WAA
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N804WA-2026-09-02) (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: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-83
- People aboard: 146
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230809013519I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 0N AUG. 9, 2023 OPERATING AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, KTUS TO KSAN. ON INITIATAL TAXI OUT FROM A17 CREW NOTICED EMERGENCY VEHICLES BLOCKING TAXIWAY A16 AND A AND WAS ADVISED BY TOWER TO "HOLD POSITION". GRD CONTROL ASKED CREW IF SOME OF THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS MOVED COULD THEY TAXI "WITH CAUTION" TO RUNWAY 11L VIA TAXIWAY A16 THEN VIA A. THE CREW AGREED AND WATCHED THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES MOVE. GROUND CONTROL CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI "WITH CAUTION". THE CREW STARTED THEIR TAXI AND ATTEMPTED TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXIWAY A CENTER LINE TO AVOID THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES.THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED ONE OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES PUNCTURING THE OUTBOARD SLAT. THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE EVEN AFTER BEING MOVED WAS STILL PARKED WITHIN THE TAXIWAY LINES.

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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