# Accident 20000702010089A: Boeing 73749R, Orlando, FL, July 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2000, 11:42 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P9OA
- Location: 28.4903° N, 81.2906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4903&lon=-81.2906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N460PR-2001-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-49R (registry code 1384406, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-49r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73749R
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,920 total, 1,844 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702010089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRO AIR FLIGHT 212, WHILE TAXIING INTO THE GATE AT ORLANDO MCO AIRPORT ON JULY 2, 2000,WITHOUT ADHERING TO EMERGENCY STOP SIGNALS FROM GROUND PERSONNEL, CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CARGO CONTAINER LOADING VEHICLE PARKED ON RAMP, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DMAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR. (.4)UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE THE CAPTAIN OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT STILL PARKED AT THE GATE. AFTER HOLDING AWAY FROM THE GATE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED AWAY AND THE CAPTAIN BEGAN TO TAXI INTO THE GATE. A GROUND CREWMAN SIGNALED THE CAPTAIN TO STOP, BUT THE CAPTAIN CONTINUED TO TAXI INTO THE GATE. ANOTHER GROUND CREWMAN THEN SIGNALED THE CAPTAIN TO STOP, AND AGAIN HE CONTINUED TO TAXI INTO THE GATE. THE GROUND CREWMAN THEN DIRECTED THE CAPTAIN TO TURN TO THE RIGHT, TO AVOID GROUND EQUIPMENT. THE CAPTAIN CONTINUED TO TAXI STRAIGHT AHEAD AND A SHORT TIME LATER THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A CARGO CONTAINER LOADER, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S WING. A FAA INSPECTOR WAS RIDING ON THE COCKPIT JUMPSEAT, PERFORMING AN ENROUTE INSPECTION OF THE FLIGHT, AND OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA206), Jul 2, 2000: Boeing 737-49R (N460PR), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The captain's failure to stop the aircraft when given a stop signal by the ground marshaller and his failure to turn the aircraft when given a turn signal by the ground marshaller as he taxied into…

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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