Accident · 1994-08-01

NTSB case NYC94LA144 · de Havilland DHC-8-311 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1994-08-01
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-8-311 (N433AW)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES — Flag carrier (121) Operator Does Business As: UNITED EXPRESS

Probable cause

THE VEHICLE OPERATOR'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE BAGGAGE TRACTOR RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF A SECOND BAGGAGE TRACTOR BEING PUSHED AND ITS SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH THE AIRPLANE.

Source: NTSB case NYC94LA144

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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