- Date
- July 12, 1989, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 244 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- N7062AAirbus Industrie A-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890712063449A
- Case key
- 32303
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Probable cause
Failure of the ramp guide (ground personnel) to follow normal safety procedures. His over confidence in his personal ability was considered to be a contributing factor.
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
The Airbus A300 (American flt 699) was being pushed back by a ramp crew in preparation for a scheduled intl passenger flt. Witnesses stated that they observed the ramp guide (who was using the ground-to-cockpit microphone) walk behind the nose gear at least once before the acdnt occurred. Subsequently, as he was walking behind the nose gear again, he stumbled & the nose gear tires rolled over his upper body, which resulted in crushing thoracic injuries. Records showed that the ramp guide had rcvd safety training & was qualified for the duties that he was performing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7062A
- Reported as
- Airbus Industrie A-300 (A300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- GE CF6, 61,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SJU · Sun Juan, PR
- Destination
- MDSD · Santo Domingo, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SJU · Luis M Morin
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29,600 total · 685 in this make and model · 235 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.