# Incident 19981125043549I: Doug DC855, Seattle, WA, November 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1998, 08:49 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CKSA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N807CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N807CK-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-55 (registry code 3021927, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B (registry code 52039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC855
- Reported engine: PWA JT3D3B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 272 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981125043549I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19891122063299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891122063299I), Nov 22, 1989: Doug DC855 (N807CK), Rochester, NY. Low hydraulic quantity. Crew used emergency procedures. Landed safely. Replaced buss priority panel.

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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