NONE · McDonnell Douglas MD-80 · 1996-12-06 · ANCHORAGE, AK, USA
Event
NTSB number
ANC97IA011
Event ID
20001208X07122
Type
Incident
Date
1996-12-06
Location
ANCHORAGE, AK, USA
Coordinates
61.159778, -149.990631
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
112
Total aboard
112
Aircraft
Make
McDonnell Douglas
Model
MD-80
Registration
N954AS
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
MINR
Conditions
Light
NDRK
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The ground crew's failure to maintain communication with the flight crew while loading cargo after pushback and engine start, and the ground and flightcrew's failure to follow the procedure outlined in their manuals concerning use of marshallers during pushback and waveoff signals by the groundcrew and flightcrew.