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| Date: | Tuesday 6 January 1998 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-223 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N845AA |
| MSN: | 20986/1125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 58983 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 115 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Philadelphia, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | , PA (KPHL) |
| Dallas/ft Worth, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane had just been pushed back from the gate. As the flight crew were taxiing in a non-movement area, the airplane and a tug collided. The captain felt the impact, but thought the airplane had experienced a blown tire. Neither he nor any of the cockpit crew saw the tug before impact. All witnesses stated that the tug did not brake or swerve prior to the collision. Examination of the damaged tug and its maintenance forms revealed no mechanical problems. No deficiencies were found in the driver's training jacket. After a 2 week vacation, this was the driver's first day back on the job. He was driving the tug since 0430, without any reported mechanical problems. The emergency room doctor stated that there was no symptoms detected of any medical events which could have caused the driver to lose consciousness. The driver recalled that 'while driving the tug, he dropped his water container, and the last thing he could remember was reaching down for it.'
Probable Cause: failure of the tug driver to see-and-avoid the taxiing airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD98LA021
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 February 1998 | N845AA | American Airlines | 0 | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) | |
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| 11-Mar-2024 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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