Accident · 1998-01-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-01-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-223 (N845AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
failure of the tug driver to see-and-avoid the taxiing airplane.
Source: NTSB case IAD98LA021Flight 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.