- Date
- March 27, 1992, 13:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place
- Hayden, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 195 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- N615AMBoeing 757-223
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19920327012219A
- Case key
- 18467
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Probable cause
Failure of the ground personnel to follow published procedures/directives. A factor was the inadequate equipment.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had requested that the airplane be pushedback from the terminal apron to the de-icing area prior to departure. The weather was overcast and there was light precipitation with the ambient temperature around freezing. The signalman operated the headset interphone which was plugged into the communications panel on the nosegear strut. The crew chief directed the pushback from the tractor. The signalman was struck by the nosewheels. All ground crew personnel, except the signalman, stated that they had been trained by video on the three man pushback procedures. They stated, however, that they did not have the longer communications cord and the connector box on the tractor, which are needed to accomplish the procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N615AM
- Reported as
- Boeing 757-223
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24491
- Airframe hours
- 7,790
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB211-53-5E4B, 40,100 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc., doing business as American Airlines
- Registered owner
- First National Bank Of Boston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- DFW · Dfw Airport, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HDN · Yampa Valley Regional
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 439 in this make and model · 110 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HDN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.