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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Miami, FL · November 29, 1998

Date
November 29, 1998 · 18:45 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Miami International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SIMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N326AE
Reported as
Saab 340B
Reported engine
GE CT79B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,010 total2,225 in this make and model181 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.

(-23) On November 30, 1998, an American eagle Saab 340B, s/n 326, N326AE, arrived at Miami International Airport at approximately 1845 hr. Upon arrival at the ramp parking area, the pilot turned off the taxi lights as ground handlers directed the aircraft toward the parking spot. While making a left turn on the taxi line, the right engine propeller contacted a belt loader, causing damage to the engine and propeller, caused other minor punctures in the fuselage, broke the right wing root light lens, and damaged the two lower communications antennas. Aircraft taxi procedures area being rewritten to be more standardized and restrictive, reemphasis will be placed on proper positioning of ground equipment in designated areas and at the gates. Additionally, ground equipment is to be identified with some form of reflective material.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 30, 1998, AN AMERICAN EAGLE SAAB 340B, S/N 326, N326AE, ARRIVED AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 HR. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RAMP PARKING AREA, THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE TAXI LIGHTS AS GROUND HANDLERS DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE PARKING SPOT. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ON THE TAXI LINE, THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER CONTACTED A BELT LOADER, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER, CAUSED OTHER MINOR PUNCTURES IN THE FUSELAGE, BROKE THE RIGHT WING ROOT LIGHT LENS, AND DAMAGED THE TWO LOWER COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS. AIRCRAFT TAXI PROCEDURES AREA BEING REWRITTEN TO BE MORE STANDARDIZED AND RESTRICTIVE, REEMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON PROPER POSITIONING OF GROUND EQUIPMENT IN DESIGNATED AREAS AND AT THE GATES. ADDITIONALLY, GROUND EQUIPMENT IS TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH SOME FORM OF REFLECTIVE MATERIAL.