Accident · 2003-09-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-09-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- de Havilland DH-8-202 (N455YV)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- MESA AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Mesa Airlines, Inc.
Probable cause
the ground agent's inadequate visual lookout during push back, which resulted in his failure to maintain clearance between the airplanes.
Source: NTSB case LAX03LA295Flight 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.