Douglas DC-10-10F N68053
4 April 1998 · Memphis, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 April 1998 at about 09:53 local time, a Douglas DC-10-10F registered N68053 was involved in an accident near Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 09:53
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Memphis International (MEM)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-10-10F
- Registration
- N68053
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Phoenix
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- MIA98LA124
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The tug operator's (maintenance representative) inadequate visual lookout during pushback.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The tug operator (maintenance representative) was pushing back an airplane at an angle from a nose dock. A wing walker yelled for the tug operator to stop; however the airplane collided with the nose dock before the tug operator could stop the tug.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-10 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 1998 | Douglas DC-10-30F | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 1997 | Douglas DC-10-30F | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 2000 | Douglas DC-10-30 | Entebbe, Uganda | DAS Air Cargo | Fatal | 12 |
| 14 Apr 1993 | Douglas DC-10-30 | Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States | American Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Oct 1991 | Douglas DC-10-10 | Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States | United Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jan 1990 | Douglas DC-10 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | American Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 1998 | William Sargent LANCAIR 235 | Newport, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 14 Oct 1998 | Ryan ST3KR | Rossville, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jan 1998 | Beechcraft 65-A90 | Selmer, Tennessee, United States | Stanton M. Smith | No injuries | - |
| 21 Feb 1998 | Pzl-Bielsko SZD-48-3 | Pikeville, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 1998 | Cessna 152 | Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States | Kyle Flood | No injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1998 | Piper PA-22-150 | Paris, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |