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) Horizon airline flight 2376 located on spot two at seatac int. Airport in Seattle Washington at approximately 1400 local time was struck by a passenger loading ramp called a turboway. privacy data omitted "Witness" attached the turboway to a tug driven by privacy data omitted after the connection was complete privacy data omitted drove the tug from spot two to spot four with the turboway in tow. It was during this transition that the turboway made contact with the left hand wing of the aircraft lower leading edge. privacy data omitted Stopped the tug after contact. The aircraft was unloaded and the turboway was removed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) HORIZON AIRLINE FLIGHT 2376 LOCATED ON SPOT TWO AT SEATAC INT. AIRPORT IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME WAS STRUCK BY A PASSENGER LOADING RAMP CALLED A TURBOWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ "WITNESS" ATTACHED THE TURBOWAY TO A TUG DRIVEN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ AFTER THE CONNECTION WAS COMPLETE ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ DROVE THE TUG FROM SPOT TWO TO SPOT FOUR WITH THE TURBOWAY IN TOW. IT WAS DURING THIS TRANSITION THAT THE TURBOWAY MADE CONTACT WITH THE LEFT HAND WING OF THE AIRCRAFT LOWER LEADING EDGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ STOPPED THE TUG AFTER CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNLOADED AND THE TURBOWAY WAS REMOVED.
Other reports on N409QX · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.