# Incident 19950818043209I: Bag ATP, Chicago, IL, August 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1995, 22:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UF6A
- 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: N856AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856AW-2003-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE ATP (registry code 1500300, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-atp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG ATP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950818043209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRMEN AND AIR AGENCY COMPETENCY: THE CAPTAIN, CREW CHIEF AND RIGHT WING WALKER USED POOR JUDGMENT IN PERMITTING THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI WITH IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY QUESTIONED THE SITUATION AT THE TIME. CORRECTIVE ACTION CONSISTED OF RETRAINING THE INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND SAFETY LIMITATIONS FOR TAXIING AIRCRAFT IN CLOSE PROXIMITIES. ALL UFS, INC. PERSONNEL WERE BRIEFED ON THIS SITUATION AND TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT AWARENESS OF SAFETY IS MANDATORY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, UFS, INC.'S ATP AIRCRAFT #856 (FLIGHT 5019) WAS PARKED IN SPOT 9. AIR WISCONSIN'S 146 AIRCRAFT #611 (FLIGHT 5274) WAS PARKED ON SEPTEMBER 7. GROND TAXI CREW CONSISTED OF CREW CHIEF, RIGHT WING WALKER AND LEFT WING WALKER. IN ORDER FOR FLIGHT 5019 TO TAXI FROM THE PARKING AREA, THEIR AIRCRAFT MUST MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN UNDER ITS OWN POWER. THE FLIGHT BEGAN TO TAXI WITH A HARD RIGHT TURN, THEN STOPPED DUE TO THE CLOSENESS TO THE TWO AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING TIPS. ALL THREE TAXI CREW MEMBERS ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND AGREE THAT WITH THE NOSE WHEEL CRANKED HARD TO THE RIGHT, THE WING TIPS WOULD NOT INTERCEPT. TAXIING WAS RECOMMENDED AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. WING TIPS TOUCHED AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING OF BOTH AIRCRAFT. AN INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED BY THE COMPANY. DISCIPLINE ACTION WAS ENFORCED AGAINST THE CREW CHIEF, LEFT WING WALKER AND CAPTAIN. THE CREW CHIEF AND WING WALKER WERE PUT UNDER SUPERVISION FOR TWO ADDITIONAL WEEKS AND THE CAPTAIN WAS RETRAINED BY A CHECK AIRMAN. THIS INCIDENT CONTROLLED VIA ORD FSDO #IGL3195031.

## Other reports on N856AW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920319013609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920319013609I), Mar 19, 1992: Bag ATP (N856AW), Chicago, IL. Smoke in aircraft on takeoff. Returned. Left engine prop blade seal failed. Oil ingested caused smoke in air system

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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