# Incident 20051125028269I: Doug DC983, Seattle, WA, November 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2005, 16:06 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N943AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N943AS-2008-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,013 total, 6,644 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051125028269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK DURING TAXI. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING INTO GATE D-5 IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED BY THE MARSHALLER AS "TOO FAST." THE FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED IN BETWEEN SPOTS D-5 AND D-6 TO REFUEL AN AIRCRAFT AS D-6. THE FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED PERPENDICULAR TO THE AIRCRAFT ON D-6 OFF ITS RIGHT WING. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED, THE FUEL TRUCK DRIVER COULD SEE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSE. HE MOVED TO AN OBSERVATION POINT AT WHICH HE COULD SEE THE LEFT WING WALKER SIGNALLING STOP, WITH HIS WANDS CROSSED IN AN X. THE MARSHALLER APPARENTLY DID NOT SEE HIS SIGNAL, OR SAW IT TOO LATE AND CONTINUED TO MARSHAL THE AIRCRAFT INTO D-5. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING TIP SCRAPED THE LADDER ON THE BACK OF THE FUEL TRUCK, CONTINUED ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND STOPPED AT THE GATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON CENTERLINE AT ALL TIMES.

## Other reports on N943AS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20071225830739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071225830739A), Dec 25, 2007: Doug MD83 (N943AS), Ontario, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Alaska flight asa 464 encountered moderate/severe turbulence during descent to Ontario, CA. Turbulence was encountered at 8,300 feet and resulted in…

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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