# Incident 19940209024289I: Doug DC863, Chicago, IL, February 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1994, 20:25 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ARWA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345JW-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 (registry code 302198B, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D series (registry code 52035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940209024289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: NON FAA FACILITIES- THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE UNITED PARCEL SERVICE RAMP AT ORD. F.A.R. VIOLATION-121.135 NON COMPLIANCE WITH APPROVED COMPANY GROUND OPERATIONS MANUAL. THIS INCIDENT OCCURED WHILE AN ARROW AIR DC-8 AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO THE U.P.S. CARGO RAMP AREA AT CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT BELIEVED IT WAS BEING GUIDED BY FOUR U.P.S. MARSHALLERS WITH LIGHTED WANDS. WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A TRACTOR PARKED ON THE TAXIWAY, THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT WING TIP SCRAPED THE STATIC WICK OF A U.P.S. DC-8 AIRCRAFT PARKED ALONG THE TAXI ROUTE. RESULTING IN A 2 1/2 FOOT CUT ON THE LOWER WING TIP. A BENT STATIC WICK WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE PARKED U.P.S. AIRCRAFT. THE ARROW AIR AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IT'S TAXI, AND WAS PARKED AT THE DESIGNATED GATE. AT NO TIME WAS THE STOP SIGNAL GIVEN TO THE CAPTAIN DURING TAXI OPERATIONS. THE CREW DID NOT KNOW CONTACT HAD OCCURED UNTIL ALL ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN AT THE GATE, AND A U.P.S. MECHANIC BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTIFIED THE CREW OF THE DAMAGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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