Accident · 1989-11-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-11-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- BOEING 757-2S7 (N902AW)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- AMERICA WEST AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERICA WEST AIRLINES
Probable cause
THE GROUND HANDLER IMPROPERLY CROSSING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS MOVING.
Source: NTSB case LAX90LA021Flight 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.