Accident · 2001-02-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-02-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Boeing B-737-832 (N3735D)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The inadequate visual lookout by the MD-81's tug driver during the pushback operation.
Source: NTSB case NYC01LA075Flight 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.