Accident · 1996-12-22

NTSB case LAX97LA073 · McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1996-12-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15 (N151SY)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: Sun Country Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

the ramp agent's failure to maintain a good situational awareness of the push-back. A factor was the dark night lighting conditions and the general communication failure of the ground push-back crew.

Source: NTSB case LAX97LA073

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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