- Date
- November 2, 1983, 07:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Injuries
- 104 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- N605TWBoeing 767
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831102069159I
- Case key
- 24034
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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
During pushback the right wingtip of the Boeing 767 struck the rudder of a Douglas DC-9 parked at the adjacent gate. The B-767 was being pushed back by two mechanics, one on thetug & one under the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N605TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 767
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Destination
- STL · St Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SFO · San Francisco Int'L
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
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- SFO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.