# NTSB LAX84IA040: Boeing 767, N605TW, San Francisco, CA, November 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 2, 1983, 07:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Coordinates: 37.609378, -122.379013 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6094&lon=-122.3790&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 104 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24034
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84IA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24034/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA040

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - pushback/tow
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N605TW-2019-01-25), registration cancelled 2019-01-25, S/N 22568, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767
- Registry model: [Boeing 767-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-231) (registry code 1385131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (registry code 52054, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831102069159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831102069159I), Nov 2, 1983: Boeing 767, San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. On push back from gate aircraft struck another parked aircraft. Tug driver and wing walker involved.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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