Accident · 1999-05-28

NTSB case NYC99LA127 · Boeing 727 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-05-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing 727 (N282SC)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: Sun Country Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES

Probable cause

Inadequate visual lookout by the tug operator. A factor in this accident was inadequate pushback procedures by the airline which failed to provide proper assistance (wing walkers) to the tug operator.

Source: NTSB case NYC99LA127

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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