# Incident 20011012029889I: Doug MD83, Seattle, WA, October 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2001, 20:50 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N982AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N982AS-2014-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 (registry code 3023681, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD83
- People aboard: 131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,625 total, 10,246 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011012029889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ASAA FLIGHT 445 AS 982 STRUCK A CATERING TRUCK AS IT WAS BEING MARSHALLED INTO GATE C-1. THE CATERING TRUCK WAS PARKED AT GATE D-1. ACCORDING TO VERBAL REPORT FROM ASSISTANT FLEET MANAGER MD-80, THE CAPT. HAD STOPPED THE A/C BEFORE THE WING TOUCHED THE CATERING TRUCK, HE WAS ASSURED THAT THE WING WOULD CLEAR BY A "THUMBS UP" SIGN FROM THE MARSHALLER. THE MARSHALLER ADVISED GOS BRETT ADAMS THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE IN BRINGING THE A/C INTO THE GATE. CREW AND MARSHALLER WERE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTED. CREW REMOVED FROM FLIGHT STATUS AWAITING RESULTS OF DRUG TEST. NTSB KIRK ANDERSON STATED THAT DUE TO VERY MINOR DAMAGE THAT NO INCIDENT NUMBER WOULD BE ASSIGNED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N982AS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980525010529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980525010529I), May 25, 1998: Doug DC9 (N982AS), Klamath Falls, OR. Acft was inbound when it reported striking an eagle at 3000 ft over elliott bay, damage to fuselage. (.19)unscheduled landing due to unknown source of smoke…

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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