19990624022799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR72202 · Birmingham, AL · June 24, 1999

Date: June 24, 1999 · 17:40 local
Place: Birmingham, AL
Airport: Birmingham Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: RAIA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N722TE
Reported as: Aerosp ATR72202
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total2,500 in this make and model190 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 June 24, 1999, at approx. 1740 hrs. Local, an ATR-72, N722TE, operating as a 14 CFR 121 flight taxied into the ramp at Birmingham Airport. Another ATR-72 was parked in the ramp and the ground marshaller and wing walker directed the captain into his parking spot. While taxiing the wing walker erred in his estimation of the available wing clearance, and directed the captain to continue taxiing when he should have had the plane stop. The ATR-72 right wing tip navlight made contact with the parked ATR-72'S left wingtip, the navlight lens cover on the moving ATR-72 was damaged but there was no further damage. Both airplanes were inspected and the part was replaced. This WA not a pilot or a captain error but rather a ground personnel error.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 1999, AT APPROX. 1740 HRS. LOCAL, AN ATR-72, N722TE, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR 121 FLIGHT TAXIED INTO THE RAMP AT BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT. ANOTHER ATR-72 WAS PARKED IN THE RAMP AND THE GROUND MARSHALLER AND WING WALKER DIRECTED THE CAPTAIN INTO HIS PARKING SPOT. WHILE TAXIING THE WING WALKER ERRED IN HIS ESTIMATION OF THE AVAILABLE WING CLEARANCE, AND DIRECTED THE CAPTAIN TO CONTINUE TAXIING WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE PLANE STOP. THE ATR-72 RIGHT WING TIP NAVLIGHT MADE CONTACT WITH THE PARKED ATR-72'S LEFT WINGTIP, THE NAVLIGHT LENS COVER ON THE MOVING ATR-72 WAS DAMAGED BUT THERE WAS NO FURTHER DAMAGE. BOTH AIRPLANES WERE INSPECTED AND THE PART WAS REPLACED. THIS WA NOT A PILOT OR A CAPTAIN ERROR BUT RATHER A GROUND PERSONNEL ERROR.