Accident · 1999-10-15

NTSB case LAX00LA015 · Airbus Industrie A-320-231 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-10-15
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A-320-231 (N627AW)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICA WEST AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

The airline's failure to fully review the obstruction clearances and revise the pushback procedures in an area of the ramp where new construction had impinged on the available ramp space. Also causal was the failure of the tug driver and the wing walkers to maintain adequate communications during the pushback. A factor in the accident was the failure of the airline to follow its own internal decision processes when implementing the procedural change on this ramp.

Source: NTSB case LAX00LA015

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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