- Date
- November 6, 1989, 10:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 98 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- N902AWBoeing 757-2S7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891106044619A
- Case key
- 26676
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Probable cause
The ground handler improperly crossing under the aircraft while it was moving.
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 ground handler walked under the fuselage in a direct line with the nose gear. While crossing under the fuselage he stumbled. The tug operator applied emergency brakes but the momentum of the moving aircraft carried the nose gear wheels over the ground handler.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N902AW
- Reported as
- Boeing 757-2S7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23322
- Airframe hours
- 14,951
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4, 40,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- America West Airlines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 22, 1989 · 131 hours before
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PHX · Phoenix International
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,300 total · 1,955 in this make and model · 16,000 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N902AW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.