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Date
March 4, 1999 · 13:20 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N430XJ
Reported as
Saab 340B
People aboard
27
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,900 total1,800 in this make and model194 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.
After engine start and wave off the PIC commenced taxiing without the benefit of a marshaller or wing walkers and subsequently struck a portable light standard causing minor damage to the leading edge assembly of the right wing.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER ENGINE START AND WAVE OFF THE PIC COMMENCED TAXIING WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A MARSHALLER OR WING WALKERS AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A PORTABLE LIGHT STANDARD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE ASSEMBLY OF THE RIGHT WING.