Accident · 1997-03-27

NTSB case NYC97LA064 · Lockheed L-1011 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-03-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011 (N762DA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The failure of the right wing walker, also the push back supervisor, to identify and avoid a hazardous condition, which resulted in his activity near the airplane's nose wheel during tow operations, and where he was subsequently caught under the nose wheel. A factor in the accident was the failure of the Delta Ground Operations Manual to provide adequate safety information.

Source: NTSB case NYC97LA064

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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