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| Date: | Saturday 25 May 2019 |
| Time: | c. 02:45 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Batik Air Indonesia |
| Registration: | PK-LZJ |
| MSN: | 8748 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2019 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 89 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (WAAA) -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG/WAAA) |
| Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Airbus A320 aircraft, registered PK-LZJ, was involved in a ground handling accident at Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (WAAA), Indonesia.
At 1842 UTC (0242 LT), at night, the aircraft commenced pushback from stand B1. The push back operation used a towing tractor with the three crew members consisting of a towing tractor driver, a wing-man and a headset-man, a task performed by an aircraft mechanic. There was no briefing among the crew related to the pushback activity including the push back maneuver.
The towing tractor driver and wing-man used high visibility vest while the headset-man used company uniform without any fluorescence strip or high visibility vest.
The push back maneuver did not follow the guideline and the headset-man walked behind the nose wheel while observing the engine start process. During a turn, the aircraft nose wheel passed over the right foot of the headset-man. The towing tractor driver felt a bump and noticed that the headset-man laid on the ground. The headset-man was evacuated to the nearest hospital for medical treatment and found to have sustainied a fracture on his right tarsometatarsal.
Contributing factors of the occurrence:
The different assumption of pushback maneuver between headset-man and the push back tractor driver, and both were fixated to their own duties while working on a reduced alertness condition, resulted in the towing tractor driver did not aware of the headset-man position and the headset-man did not aware of the nose wheel position. These conditions led to the nose wheel passed over the headset-man foot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Apr-2023 14:07 | harro | Added |
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