ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376029
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| Date: | Thursday 24 October 1985 |
| Time: | 07:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-223 Adv. |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N6815 |
| MSN: | 19490/602 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 90 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Oakland, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Chicago, IL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ON OCTOBER 24, 1985, AN AMERICAN AIRLINES 727 COLLIDED WITH A PARKED UNITED AIRLINES 727 DURING A POWER BACK OPERATION AT OAKLAND, CA. IMC EXISTED AT THE TIME WITH VISIBILITY LIMITED TO 0 FT DUE TO FOG. THE AA AC SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING AND THE UA AC RECIEVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS TR WG. AA HAD TWO WING WALKERS AND A LEAD WALKER POSITIONED AT THE NOSE OF THE AA AC. THE LEAD PERSON STATED HER GOGGLES HAD FOGGED OVER AND COULDN'T CLEARLY SEE THE OTHER WING WALKERS. ADDTIONALLY, THE WANDS USED BY LEAD AND THE LT WING WALKER WERE INOPERATIVE. ACCORDING TO OTHER WITNESSES, LEAD DID NOT SEE THE STOP SIGNAL GIVEN BY THE LEFT WING WALKER. LEAD SAID SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX86IA021
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1991 | N6815 | American Airlines | 0 | Chicago, IL | |
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| 29-Mar-2024 11:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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