# Incident 20050831031369I: Boeing 717200, Milwaukee, WI, August 31, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2005, 15:10 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N904ME-2012-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce BR-700 series (registry code 54565, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 63
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 841 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050831031369I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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