# Incident 19970105008309I: Beech 1900C, Albuquerque, NM, January 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1997, 19:05 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150UE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970105008309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 5, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:05 PM, GREAT LAKES AVIATION COMMUTER FLIGHT 309 DEPARTED THE GATE AT ALBUQUERQUE INT'L AIRPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM FOR A FLIGHT TO TUCSON, AZ. THE WEATHER CONSISTED OF POOR VISIBILITY WITH RAIN, SNOW, AND FOG. AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED AROUND THE WEST END OF THE TERMINAL A TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWAA) SERVICE PICKUP SUDDNELY APPEARED TRAVELING WESTBOUND FROM THE TERMINAL TO THE FREIGHT RAMP. THE PILOT TURNED TO AVOID THE PICKUP BUT THE BEECH 1900 WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE COMPARTMENT BY THE PICKUP'S SIDE VIEW MIRROR. THE IMPACT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S SKIN JUST UNDER THE NOSE DOOR. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE FLIGHT WHICH HAD TO BE CANCELLED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO THE TUCSON MAINTENANCE BASE FOR REPAIRS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TWAA INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND SUSPENDED THE EMPLOYEE FOR NINE DAYS AND RECEIVED DRIVER TRAINING FROM THE CITY AND TWAA IN BASIC GROUND HANDLING. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. FILE CLOSED.

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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