# NTSB Accident LAX00LA015
> **Airbus Industrie A-320-231** · 1999-10-15 · PHOENIX, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00LA015
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19989
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-15
- **Location:** PHOENIX, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.429531, -112.009429
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 94
- **Total aboard:** 94
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Airbus Industrie
- **Model:** A-320-231
- **Registration:** N627AW
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The airline's failure to fully review the obstruction clearances and revise the pushback procedures in an area of the ramp where new construction had impinged on the available ramp space.  Also causal was the failure of the tug driver and the wing walkers to maintain adequate communications during the pushback.  A factor in the accident was the failure of the airline to follow its own internal decision processes when implementing the procedural change on this ramp.

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