Boeing 757-223 N692AA

Summary

On 20 May 2003 at about 19:10 local time, a Boeing 757-223 registered N692AA was involved in an accident near Santa Ana, California, United States. 103 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.

Date

20 May 2003 at 19:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Ana, California, United States

Nearest airport

John Wayne/Orange County (SNA)

Coordinates

33.6817, -117.8692

Aircraft

Boeing 757-223

Registration

N692AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Ana → New York

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03LA167

Nobody was injured.

the vehicle driver's failure to deploy the parking brake or use wheel chocks to secure the vehicle prior to leaving it unattended.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

An unattended crash fire rescue (CFR) vehicle rolled into a stationary jet awaiting instructions from the control tower. Following a medical aid call in the terminal, an airport firefighter was dispatched to the terminal where he parked his CFR vehicle at one of the gates. The driver of the vehicle was in the terminal at the time of the accident and did not remember setting the parking brake on his vehicle. He also forgot to place the anti-roll tire chocks under his vehicle before entering the terminal. The vehicle then rolled into the jet that was stationary on a taxiway. During the impact, the vehicle became lodged between the fuselage and wing root on the right side of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.