Accident · 2002-07-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-07-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (N911DL)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Delta Airlines
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the parked vehicles. Factors contributing to the accident were the airport's failure to properly identify the construction area, their failure to publish a notice to airmen.
Source: NTSB case FTW02LA199Flight 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.