# NTSB MIA81FA078: Douglas DC-10, N66NA, Miami, FL, May 20, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 20, 1981
- Place: Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 87 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 7, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126614
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA81FA078
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA078

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0009  81/5/20    MIAMI,FL            DOUGLAS DC-10       CR-  0  0 10  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1715                    N66NA               PX-  0  0 77                            51, 10335 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            540 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INT'L
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MIAMI,FL                    MEXICO CITY,MX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- GROUND CREWMAN RUN OVER BY NOSEWHEEL DURING PUSHBACK BY TUG FROM TERMINAL GATE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N66NA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-10
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Miami Int'L

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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