# Incident 20020225012049I: Saab 340B, Detroit, MI, February 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2002, 23:15 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N416XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N416XJ-2015-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab SAAB 340B (registry code 7860105, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-9B (registry code 30148, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 4,200 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020225012049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING DOCKING OPERATIONS ON FEBRUARY 25, 2002, MESABA AIRLINES, INC., HIT THE JET WAY SHROUD AT GATE C2 AT DTW AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MARSHALED INTO A PRAKING POSITION BY GROUND PERSONNEL AND HAD STOPPED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED IT GRABBED THE SHROUD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S PRESSURE VESSEL. NO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 2015 EST AND WAS BEING OPERATED AS FLIGHT NUMBER 3315. THE FAA WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT, WE FOUND THE DAMAGE TO THE JET WAY WHILE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE AT DTW. WE INTERVIEWED THE DTW RAMP MANAGER AND CHIEF PILOTS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. WE ALSO SPOKE TO SEVERAL GATE AGENTS. IT APPEARS THAT THE JET WAY WAS POSITIONED TO RECEIVE A CANADIAN REGIONAL JET, BUT A SAAB 340 WAS THE NEXT AIRCRAFT TO USE THE JET WAY. SINCE THE JET WAY WAS IN THE INCORRECT POSITION, THE CREW FOLLOWED THE GROUND MARSHALER'S INSTRUCTION. THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURE VESSEL WAS PUNCTURED BY DEBRIS IN 2 LOCATIONS.

## Other reports on N416XJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20080725847019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080725847019I), Jul 25, 2008: Saab 340B (N416XJ), Peoria, IL, No damage. (-23) Incident # igl 1920080033. While the aircraft was sitting on the gate, the pilot advised Peoria ground control that after engine start thaey had smoke on…

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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