Incident · 1992-07-17

NTSB case LAX92IA307 · LOCKHEED L-1011-385-1 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1992-07-17
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: LOCKHEED L-1011-385-1 (N719DA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): DELTA AIRLINES

Probable cause

A FAILURE OF GROUND PERSONNEL TO ENSURE PROPER CLEARANCE BETWEEN A TAXIING AIRPLANE AND AN ADJACENT PARKED AIRPLANE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS A FAILURE OF GROUND PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY POSITION A PARKED AIRPLANE TO ENSURE THAT IT DID NOT ENCROACH INTO AN ADJACENT SAFETY AREA.

Source: NTSB case LAX92IA307

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.

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