ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314494
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 May 2011 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-222 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N526UA |
| MSN: | 24994/339 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 67211 hours |
| Engine model: | P & W PW2040 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 191 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The tug's tow bar's shear pins broke while the airplane was being pushed back from the gate to an adjacent alley (a 'turn reversalâ), which required a significant (but within limits) turn of the nose landing gear. The tow bar became stuck and, despite repeated attempts by the operator's ground crew personnel, would not disconnect from the tug or the airplane. When the operator's ground personnel asked the pilots to release the airplane's parking brake to ease the tension on the tow bar, the pilots did so. The airplane rolled slightly forward, contacting and fracturing the foot of one of the ground crewmembers. Although the operator's ground crew ramp service manual procedure and flight manual guidance specified that the airplane's parking brakes should not be released to assist in releasing a stuck tow bar, the pilots stated that they released the brakes believing that they were going to resume pushback. As a result of a postaccident hazard assessment, the operator stopped performing turn reversal tow operations similar to the accident operation.
Probable Cause: The ground crewmembers' failure to follow proper procedures for removing a stuck or jammed tow bar, which resulted in a ground crew injury.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR11LA300
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 2011 | N526UA | United Airlines | 0 | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Jun-2023 17:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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