- Date
- August 24, 2018, 19:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 177 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- EI-LBTBoeing 757
- Defining event
- Pushback/tow-engine not oper: Ground handling event
- Weather
- Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 98174
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Probable cause
The ground service employee's inadvertent fall near the nose wheel during pushback.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On August 24, 2018, about 2350 eastern daylight time, Aer Lingus flight 114, a Boeing 757-200, EI-LBT, had a ground service employee suffer a serious injury while engaged in pushback from the gate at Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There were no injuries to 177 passengers and crew onboard. The airplane was not damaged. The flight was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 129 scheduled international passenger flight from KPHL to Dublin Airport (EIDW), Dublin, Ireland. According to the operator, the ground service employee was connected to the airplane via a headset and was engaged in push-back from gate A6. At some point, the service employee fell down and the nose wheel ran over his right leg, causing a serious injury. The flight crew reported that the pushback was nearly complete and were about halfway through the 90 degree turn onto the taxi line, when the airplane jerked to a stop. There was general confusion for several minutes before they were informed of what happened.
Aircraft
- Registration
- EI-LBT
- Reported as
- Boeing 757 (200)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28170
- Built
- 1998
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Aer Lingua
- Registered owner
- ASL Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- EIDW · Dublin, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PHL · Philadelphia International
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 5, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 25,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Last flight review
- April 12, 2018
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 6,897 total · 2,307 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Night
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 13, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.