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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-8-55 · Seattle, WA · November 25, 1998

Date
November 25, 1998 · 08:49 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CKSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N807CK
Reported as
Doug DC855
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT3D3B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total272 in this make and model222 in the last 90 days

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.

(-5)Aircraft late arriving, no estimated time of arrival communication with ground handlers, heavy rain falling, crew not sure where to park, aircraft went to an alternate parking spot from where ground handlers were expecting, aircraft started to enter parking spot un-marshalled, marshallers arrived un-prepared for aircraft arrival at this location, area was not cleared of ground equipment, marshallers intiated marshalling without preparing spot and checking for obstacles, #3 engine struck a parked belt loader, #3 engine nose cowl, QN8-2-1008-200, damaged, belt loader damaged. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-5)AIRCRAFT LATE ARRIVING, NO ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL COMMUNICATION WITH GROUND HANDLERS, HEAVY RAIN FALLING, CREW NOT SURE WHERE TO PARK, AIRCRAFT WENT TO AN ALTERNATE PARKING SPOT FROM WHERE GROUND HANDLERS WERE EXPECTING, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ENTER PARKING SPOT UN-MARSHALLED, MARSHALLERS ARRIVED UN-PREPARED FOR AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AT THIS LOCATION, AREA WAS NOT CLEARED OF GROUND EQUIPMENT, MARSHALLERS INTIATED MARSHALLING WITHOUT PREPARING SPOT AND CHECKING FOR OBSTACLES, #3 ENGINE STRUCK A PARKED BELT LOADER, #3 ENGINE NOSE COWL, QN8-2-1008-200, DAMAGED, BELT LOADER DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

Other reports on N807CK · 1

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