# NTSB Accident NYC97LA064
> **Lockheed L-1011** · 1997-03-27 · JAMAICA, NY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC97LA064
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07619
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-03-27
- **Location:** JAMAICA, NY, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 202
- **Total aboard:** 203
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Lockheed
- **Model:** L-1011
- **Registration:** N762DA
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 3
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the right wing walker, also the push back supervisor, to identify and avoid a hazardous condition, which resulted in his activity near the airplane's nose wheel during tow operations, and where he was subsequently caught under the nose wheel.  A factor in the accident was the failure of the Delta Ground Operations Manual to provide adequate safety information.

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