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: slattery ground services, inc., has a contract with world airways, inc.. They were loading the aircraft with LD3 containers. Slattery supervisor was short on personnel so he had an aircraft groomer run the lift. The groomer was unable to control the containers and one of the containers fell off causing damage to the right side of the right engine nacelle on wrla, N272WA. The person operating the lift had not been trained to perform that job function. Furthermore, she was driving with a suspended Washington state drivers license. There was a warrant for her arrest and she was detained by port of Seattle police. The aircraft was temporarily fixed (patched the hole) and was ferried to phoenix, Arizona, for repairs.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: SLATTERY GROUND SERVICES, INC., HAS A CONTRACT WITH WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.. THEY WERE LOADING THE AIRCRAFT WITH LD3 CONTAINERS. SLATTERY SUPERVISOR WAS SHORT ON PERSONNEL SO HE HAD AN AIRCRAFT GROOMER RUN THE LIFT. THE GROOMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CONTAINERS AND ONE OF THE CONTAINERS FELL OFF CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE ON WRLA, N272WA. THE PERSON OPERATING THE LIFT HAD NOT BEEN TRAINED TO PERFORM THAT JOB FUNCTION. FURTHERMORE, SHE WAS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED WASHINGTON STATE DRIVERS LICENSE. THERE WAS A WARRANT FOR HER ARREST AND SHE WAS DETAINED BY PORT OF SEATTLE POLICE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEMPORARILY FIXED (PATCHED THE HOLE) AND WAS FERRIED TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FOR REPAIRS.
Other reports on N272WA · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.