# Incident 20040407005039I: Emb EMB120ER, Salt Lake City, UT, April 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2004, 19:11 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N580SW-2018-12-06) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,048 total, 764 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040407005039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4-7-04 AT 1911 MDT SKYWEST AIRLINES EMB-120-ER FLIGHT 3620 WHILE TAXIING FROM GATE E10 AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HIT A LIGHT POLE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN MARSHALLED FROM THE GATE BY ONE PERSON NO WING WALKERS. THE MARSHALLER STATED HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT TURNING SHARP ENOUGH. HE SIGNALED THE CREW TO STOOP AND HE CHECKED FOR WING CLEARANCE. THERE APPEARED TO BE ENOUGH CLEARANCE, AND HAD THE AIRCRAFT TAXI AGAIN. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE POLE. IT APPEARED TO THE MARSHALLER THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT TURNING SHARPLY ENOUGH. AIRWORTHY INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ON 4-8-04. THEY STATED THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP. SKYWEST MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING AND IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CREW SUBMITTED A REPORT FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER AVIATION SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM (ASAP). THE SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT POLICE REPORT STATED ONE MALE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ CLAIMED THE IMPACT TWISTED HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK. THE PARAMEDICS OFFERED PASSENGER ^PRIVAC^ THE OPTION TO BE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. PASSENGER ^PRIVAC^ REFUSED THE OFFER AND SIGNED THE PARAMEDICS RELEASE FORM. THE WEATHERREPORT, 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, SHOWED 10 MILES VISIBILITY AND MODERATE RAIN. THE WEATHER COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPTAIN NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AND FOLLOW THE YELLOW TAXI LINE.

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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