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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Dhav DHC8202 · Phoenix, AZ · September 21, 2003

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Date
September 21, 2003 · 16:10 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MASA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N455YV
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX03LA295
Reported as
Dhav DHC8202

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft #455YV (dash-8) was pushing tail north out of terminal 4 gate B-1C. The pushback agent did not clear the 30FT turn line as he turned the tail south to line up on the papa line for the aircraft to taxi out. The pushback agent pushed the tail into aircraft N17358 (CRJ-200) that was parked tail facing south in gate B-18B. The elevator of the rj sliced into the rudder of the dash-8. Wing walker on the first officer's side broke away to go supervise another flight. As the dash-8 was turning to be lined up with the papa line the captain's wing walker noticed that the tail of the dash-8 was approaching the tail of the crj. He then threw up his wands into the stop position but the tug driver was looking to the nose wheel and did not respond in time. The dash-8 rudder tab was split between stiffing members and the split stopped just before a spar type number. Torn aluminum from the dash-8 rudder tab scrapped the aluminum surface of the crj elevator. The crj elevator need major repair and the dash-8 elevator tab needed to be replaced.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT #455YV (DASH-8) WAS PUSHING TAIL NORTH OUT OF TERMINAL 4 GATE B-1C. THE PUSHBACK AGENT DID NOT CLEAR THE 30FT TURN LINE AS HE TURNED THE TAIL SOUTH TO LINE UP ON THE PAPA LINE FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI OUT. THE PUSHBACK AGENT PUSHED THE TAIL INTO AIRCRAFT N17358 (CRJ-200) THAT WAS PARKED TAIL FACING SOUTH IN GATE B-18B. THE ELEVATOR OF THE RJ SLICED INTO THE RUDDER OF THE DASH-8. WING WALKER ON THE FIRST OFFICER'S SIDE BROKE AWAY TO GO SUPERVISE ANOTHER FLIGHT. AS THE DASH-8 WAS TURNING TO BE LINED UP WITH THE PAPA LINE THE CAPTAIN'S WING WALKER NOTICED THAT THE TAIL OF THE DASH-8 WAS APPROACHING THE TAIL OF THE CRJ. HE THEN THREW UP HIS WANDS INTO THE STOP POSITION BUT THE TUG DRIVER WAS LOOKING TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND DID NOT RESPOND IN TIME. THE DASH-8 RUDDER TAB WAS SPLIT BETWEEN STIFFING MEMBERS AND THE SPLIT STOPPED JUST BEFORE A SPAR TYPE NUMBER. TORN ALUMINUM FROM THE DASH-8 RUDDER TAB SCRAPPED THE ALUMINUM SURFACE OF THE CRJ ELEVATOR. THE CRJ ELEVATOR NEED MAJOR REPAIR AND THE DASH-8 ELEVATOR TAB NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX03LA295Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPhoenix, AZthe ground agent's inadequate visual lookout during push back, which resulted in his failure to maintain clearance between the airplanes.Sep 21, 2003 · Substantial damage