Accident · 1998-11-03

NTSB case NYC99LA022 · McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1998-11-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (N919DL)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The driver's failure to maintain control of the belt loader. A factor in the accident was the precipitation which may have contributed to the driver's foot slipping off the brake and onto the accelerator, as he approached the airplane.

Source: NTSB case NYC99LA022

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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