ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320592
Date: | Friday 31 January 2014 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-88 |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | N921DL |
MSN: | 49645/1480 |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Total airframe hrs: | 65507 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 144 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
Destination airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Before departure and while the airplane was being de-iced by ground crew personnel, the de-icing bucket struck the left side of the fuselage and dislodged a passenger window. As a result, the airplane was substantially damaged and the pressure vessel was compromised. There were no reported injuries.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inattention by ground crew personnel which resulted in the airplane being substantially damaged."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA14CA051 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL); February 2014; (publicdomain)
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