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: on 23 dec. 97, ralph edward wilkinson an elsinore aerospace services employee, while deicing a northwest airlines, inc. MD-82, N302RC, under contract for northwest airlines, was killed while occupying the bucket of a deicing truck that contacted the left side of the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. The deicing truck was being driven from this aircraft to another when this occurred. Note: this incident was downgraded from an accident on the spot by the NTSB. The operation of the deicing truck, and the equipment used by the contractor are in conflict with the northwest deicing and anti-icing program.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON 23 DEC. 97, RALPH EDWARD WILKINSON AN ELSINORE AEROSPACE SERVICES EMPLOYEE, WHILE DEICING A NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC. MD-82, N302RC, UNDER CONTRACT FOR NORTHWEST AIRLINES, WAS KILLED WHILE OCCUPYING THE BUCKET OF A DEICING TRUCK THAT CONTACTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE DEICING TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN FROM THIS AIRCRAFT TO ANOTHER WHEN THIS OCCURRED. NOTE: THIS INCIDENT WAS DOWNGRADED FROM AN ACCIDENT ON THE SPOT BY THE NTSB. THE OPERATION OF THE DEICING TRUCK, AND THE EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CONTRACTOR ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE NORTHWEST DEICING AND ANTI-ICING PROGRAM.
Other reports on N302RC · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.