# Incident 20000124003419I: Saab 340B, Detroit, MI, January 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2000, 12:10 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000124003419I

## Narrative

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

A NOTHWEST AIRLINES (NWA) B-747-400 WAS REPOSITIONING INTO GATE F-14. NWA PROCEDURES ARE TO TAXI AIRCRAFT UNDER ITS OWN POWER TO SPOT 7 THEN TOW WITH TRACTOR INTO GATE.  IN THE PROCESS OF TOWING THE LEFT WING OF THE B-747-400 STRUCK THE RUDDER CAP OF A MESABA SAAB 340.  THE SF-340 HAD ENGINES RUNNING AND WAS READY FOR DEPARTURE.  THIS AIRCRAFT CONTAINED 16 PASSAGERS AND 3 CREW MEMEBERS, NO INJURIES RESULTED TO PERSONNEL AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE 3 WING WALKERS, 1 TRACOTR DRIVER, AND 1 PERSON IN COCKPIT RIDING BRAKES INVOLVED IN AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT OPERATION.  THE WEATHER INCLUDED A SNOW/SLUSH COVERED RAMP, MAKING THE USE OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS DIFFICULT.

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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