19940113002429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120RT · Syracuse, NY · January 13, 1994

Date: January 13, 1994 · 21:10 local
Place: Syracuse, NY
Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: C2XA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N58733
Reported as: EMB EMB120RT
People aboard: 15
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,900 total1,700 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 1/13/94, an Emb-120 (registration no. N58733) being operated by Continental express as flight no. 3186, landed at Syracuse, NY and suffered damage to the left wing tip and aileron during taxi to the gate. The aircraft was taxiing under the direction of ground personnel when they misjudged the clearance and the left wing tip struck the railing on the jet way stairs causing the stairs to swing behind the wing damaging the wing tip and aileron. One of the ground crew sustained a slight bruise on her leg when the stairs struck her. But no other person sustained any injury. The aircraft had departed cleveland on 1/13/94 on an IFR passenger flight. Maintenance personnel replaced the wingtip, aileron and one rib in the wing before ferrying the aircraft to the cleveland maintenance base on 1/18/94. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 1/13/94, AN EMB-120 (REGISTRATION NO. N58733) BEING OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL EXPRESS AS FLIGHT NO. 3186, LANDED AT SYRACUSE, NY AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND AILERON DURING TAXI TO THE GATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GROUND PERSONNEL WHEN THEY MISJUDGED THE CLEARANCE AND THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE RAILING ON THE JET WAY STAIRS CAUSING THE STAIRS TO SWING BEHIND THE WING DAMAGING THE WING TIP AND AILERON. ONE OF THE GROUND CREW SUSTAINED A SLIGHT BRUISE ON HER LEG WHEN THE STAIRS STRUCK HER. BUT NO OTHER PERSON SUSTAINED ANY INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED CLEVELAND ON 1/13/94 ON AN IFR PASSENGER FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE WINGTIP, AILERON AND ONE RIB IN THE WING BEFORE FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE CLEVELAND MAINTENANCE BASE ON 1/18/94. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.