# Incident 20010122005259I: Emb EMB120RT, Muskegon, MI, January 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2001, 05:45 local time
- Place: Muskegon, MI
- Airport: Muskegon County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 43.1677° N, 86.2354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSKEGON COUNTY (MKG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1677&lon=-86.2354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85GL-2004-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120RT (registry code 3260202, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010122005259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER COMPANY WAS TOWING DEICING TOWER TO EQUIPMENT PARKING AREA WHEN IT STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF N-85-GL. THE A/C RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMGE. THE R/H ELEVATOR END CAP AND END RIB FROM APPROX. 3" AFT OF THE LANDING TO THE TRAILING EDGE WERE DAMAGED. THE TUG DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED AND THE A/C WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.

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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