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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-120ER · Salt Lake City, UT · February 16, 2003

Date
February 16, 2003 · 13:28 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N298SW
Reported as
EMB EMB120ER
People aboard
31
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft was taxiing in from runway 16L and a strong gust of wind (approx. 70 KTS) carrying a hard object impacted the co-pilot side windshield and caused a crack. No other aircraft or apparent reason for the airborne object could be determined.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING IN FROM RUNWAY 16L AND A STRONG GUST OF WIND (APPROX. 70 KTS) CARRYING A HARD OBJECT IMPACTED THE CO-PILOT SIDE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A CRACK. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT OR APPARENT REASON FOR THE AIRBORNE OBJECT COULD BE DETERMINED.