# Accident 20030602011659A: Emb EMB120ER, Denver, CO, June 2, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2003, 17:40 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 39.8639° N, 104.6669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8639&lon=-104.6669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299UX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299UX-2019-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,993 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030602011659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 2, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:40 LOCAL TIME, GREAT LAKES AIRLINES FLIGHT 5120 HAD LANDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND WAS TAXIING INTO PARKING AT THE EAST END OF CONCOURSE A. GREAT LAKES AIRLINES RAMP MARSHAL WAS DIRECTING N299UX INTO ZONE 4. THE RAMP MARSHALL MOMENTARILY STOPPED N299UX TO MOVE A SET OF CHOCKS THAT WERE LYING ON THE RAMP. A SECOND GREAT LAKES AIRLINES EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS DRIVING A TUG, HAD BEEN BLOCKING THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD WITH THE TUG. AT THE POINT WHERE THE N299UX HAD STOPPED INITIALLY, WHILE THE RAMP MARSHALL WAS MOVING A SET OF CHOCKS FROM THE RAMP, THE TUG DRIVER PULLED UP TO THE CARGO DOOR (LEFT REAR FUSELAGE) OF N299UX. THE RAMP MARSHALL COULD NOT SEE THE TUG FROM HIS POSITION, AND STARTED TO DIRECT N299UX IN A TURN FOR THE FINAL PARKING POSITION. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED, THE LEFT REAR FUSELAGE STRUCK A CANOPY ON THE TUG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA096), Jun 2, 2003: Embraer EMB-120ER (N299UX), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the ground personnel's failure to maintain aircraft/ground vehicle clearance, resulting in the collision. Contributing factors include ground communications not coordinated by the ground personnel…

## Other reports on N299UX (2)

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

- [Incident 20051128033419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051128033419I), Nov 28, 2005: Emb EMB120ER (N299UX), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Captain landed airplane at night on runway 34R, the steered onto a reverse hi-speed taxiway F4. Captain became momentarily confused by the numerous…
- [Incident 20040526010049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040526010049I), May 26, 2004: Emb EMB120ER (N299UX), Williston, ND. (-23) Great lakes airline, N299UX, Emb 120-ER on final approach had the right hand propeller feather when the condition lever was advanced to maximum. Crew…

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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