# NTSB MIA81IA085: Boeing 707, Miami, FL, June 20, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 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: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 146 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124844
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA81IA085
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81IA085

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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C-0001  81/6/20    MIAMI,FL            BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  8  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1356                    HC-BCT              PX-  0  0138                            55, 13713 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            5600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL
        OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          QUITO,ECUADOR               MIAMI,FL                     GUAYAQUIL,ECUADOR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT ROLLED BACK AND COLLIDED WITH A FUEL TRUCK AFT GROUND CREWMAN SIGNALED PLT,BRAKES OFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-BCT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Miami Intl

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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