NONE · Boeing 747-4F6B · 1999-06-07 · LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
Event
NTSB number
LAX99FA218
Event ID
20001212X19017
Type
Accident
Date
1999-06-07
Location
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
Coordinates
33.93861, -118.408889
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
699
Total aboard
699
Aircraft
Make
Boeing
Model
747-4F6B
Registration
N751PR
FAR Part
129
Engines
4
Damage
MINR
Conditions
Light
NBRT
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
Airport management's failure to ensure that its current operating procedure, which required the arriving airplane to power into the terminal gate, was being used. Also causal was (1) the ground service company's utilization of an outdated arrival procedure that directed the arriving airplane to stop short of the gate, thereby obstructing the taxilane; and (2) the ground service company's utilization of a nonstandard marshalling hand signal which was, accordingly, misinterpreted by the departing airplane's crew. A contributing factor was the departing airplane's first officer's misjudged evaluation of wing tip clearance.