Accident · 2004-02-24

NTSB case CHI04LA077 · Saab-Scania AB (Saab) Saab 340B · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2004-02-24
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Saab-Scania AB (Saab) Saab 340B (N420XJ)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: MESABA AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MESABA AVIATION INC

Probable cause

The visual lookout not maintained and the procedures not followed by the Push Tug Operator during the pushback. Factors were the parked airplane, the dark night, and the inadequate surveillance of the pushback by airline management.

Source: NTSB case CHI04LA077

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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