# Incident 20001129036519I: Bac AVRO146RJ85A, St Louis, MO, November 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2000, 18:34 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505XJ-2007-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ85A (registry code 1500097, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-avro-146-rj85a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign LF507-1F (registry code 02503, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-lf507-1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAC AVRO146RJ85A
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001129036519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2000, AT 6:34 PM, NORTHWEST AIRLINK-MESABA AIRLINES AVRO REGIONAL JET, N505XJ, FLIGHT 3548 STL-MEM, WAS PUSHED BACK FROM GATE A-5. THE PUSH BACK TRACTOR WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS RETURNING TO THE TERMINAL. THE ALL CLEAR SIGNAL TO PROCEED WAS GIVEN BY THE WING WALKER TO THE CAPTAIN. THE CAPTAIN INITIATED NORMAL LEFT TURN AS HE BEGAN TO TAXI AT WHICH POINT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR ON N505XJ STRUCK THE LEFT ELEVATOR OF A NORTHWEST AIRLINES DC-9, N785NC, PARKED AT GATE A-3. NOTE: GROUND HANDLING OF MESABA FLIGHTS AT STL IS CONTRACTRED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES.

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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