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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC987 · Chicago, IL · February 7, 1994

Date: February 7, 1994 · 07:15 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Chicago Midway
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PJXA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N497PJ
Reported as: Doug DC987
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 19,950 total5,000 in this make and model270 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: private jet expeditions had no information that was immediately available to the flight crew that power out or power back were unauthorized at Midway airport. This end gate was just recently being used by private jet. The captain was new to Midway airport. Captain assumed he could power out. The gate agent was not authorized or trained to marshall out the aircraft but did anyway when the contract ramp personell was late on arriving for a push back. Private jet has sent memos to all pilots and station managers to make aware of specific airport procedures in their daily operations. Company operations are updating their notes to include a permanent airport advisory page to be inserted in all company jet personnel manuals.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PRIVATE JET EXPEDITIONS HAD NO INFORMATION THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO THE FLIGHT CREW THAT POWER OUT OR POWER BACK WERE UNAUTHORIZED AT MIDWAY AIRPORT. THIS END GATE WAS JUST RECENTLY BEING USED BY PRIVATE JET. THE CAPTAIN WAS NEW TO MIDWAY AIRPORT. CAPTAIN ASSUMED HE COULD POWER OUT. THE GATE AGENT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED OR TRAINED TO MARSHALL OUT THE AIRCRAFT BUT DID ANYWAY WHEN THE CONTRACT RAMP PERSONELL WAS LATE ON ARRIVING FOR A PUSH BACK. PRIVATE JET HAS SENT MEMOS TO ALL PILOTS AND STATION MANAGERS TO MAKE AWARE OF SPECIFIC AIRPORT PROCEDURES IN THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS. COMPANY OPERATIONS ARE UPDATING THEIR NOTES TO INCLUDE A PERMANENT AIRPORT ADVISORY PAGE TO BE INSERTED IN ALL COMPANY JET PERSONNEL MANUALS.