ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324649
| Date: | Saturday 5 August 1995 |
| Time: | 21:10 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-264 |
| Owner/operator: | American Trans Air |
| Registration: | N764AT |
| MSN: | 22984/1813 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 37499 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 165 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO/KMCO) |
| Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE/KMKE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Boeing 727-264, N764AT, operated by American Trans Air, collided with a tug while on the ramp at the Orlando International Airport, Florida.
The flight and ground crews stated that during the pushback from the gate all engines were started. The airplane was stopped and the brakes were applied during which the ground crew reported difficulty disconnecting the tow bar from the airplane. The flightcrew stated that the brakes were released at the request of the ground crew who then disconnected the tow bar first from the tug then from the airplane. While the ground crewmember was reconnecting the tow bar to the tug, he observed the airplane moving forward and advised the captain to apply the brakes. The airplane then collided with the tug.
The failure of the ground crew to follow procedures/directives requiring that the airplane brakes be set before disconnecting the tow bar from the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1987 | N774AL | Usair | 0 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
non |
| 16 August 2000 | N764AT | American Trans Air | 0 | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) | |
sub |
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