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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 717-200 · Milwaukee, WI · August 31, 2005

Date: August 31, 2005 · 15:10 local
Place: Milwaukee, WI
Airport: General Mitchell Field
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MWEA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N904ME
Reported as: Boeing 717200
People aboard: 63
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15,000 total841 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

N904MERegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2012 · Boeing 717-200S/N 55168 · Built 2003 Airframe modelBoeing 717-200 Engine modelRolls-Royce BR-700 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

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

(-23) Flight 407 was taxiing to runway 7R via taxiways k, e, and a. while taxiing on a the aircraft left wing struck a truck that was spraying weeds on the side of the taxiway. The spray truck was accompanied by a spotter truck with an airport employee as the spotter. The trucks were instructed to give way to any taxiing aircraft. The driver of the spotter truck when he noticed the aircraft tried to signal the truck driver of the spraying truck but was unable to get his attention in time to get the truck moved.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT 407 WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 7R VIA TAXIWAYS K, E, AND A. WHILE TAXIING ON A THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK A TRUCK THAT WAS SPRAYING WEEDS ON THE SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE SPRAY TRUCK WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A SPOTTER TRUCK WITH AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE AS THE SPOTTER. THE TRUCKS WERE INSTRUCTED TO GIVE WAY TO ANY TAXIING AIRCRAFT. THE DRIVER OF THE SPOTTER TRUCK WHEN HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO SIGNAL THE TRUCK DRIVER OF THE SPRAYING TRUCK BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS ATTENTION IN TIME TO GET THE TRUCK MOVED.