19970107001559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-120ER · Salt Lake City, UT · January 7, 1997

Date: January 7, 1997 · 13:00 local
Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Airport: Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SWIA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N212SW
Reported as: EMB EMB120ER
People aboard: 33
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,924 total6,280 in this make and model215 in the last 90 days

N212SWRegistration cancelled Apr 20, 2007 · Embraer EMB-120ERS/N 120-276 · Built 1992 Airframe modelEmbraer EMB-120ER Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW118Turbo-prop

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: right wingtip of aircraft was damaged when N212SW struck a fuel truck while taxiing to gate after a flight from sun to slc. The flight crew was not aware of the damage or the collision until presented the part that broke off. The slc airport determined that the fuel truck was parked too close to the taxi lines in the ramp area and will take action to insure that vehicles are not parked in that area in the future. Total damage cost is $3593.87. No further action is anticipated. This investigation is closed. Naf-not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: RIGHT WINGTIP OF AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED WHEN N212SW STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK WHILE TAXIING TO GATE AFTER A FLIGHT FROM SUN TO SLC. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DAMAGE OR THE COLLISION UNTIL PRESENTED THE PART THAT BROKE OFF. THE SLC AIRPORT DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED TOO CLOSE TO THE TAXI LINES IN THE RAMP AREA AND WILL TAKE ACTION TO INSURE THAT VEHICLES ARE NOT PARKED IN THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE. TOTAL DAMAGE COST IS $3593.87. NO FURTHER ACTION IS ANTICIPATED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. NAF-NOT A FACTOR.