# Incident 20060407009779I: Doug DC931, Detroit, MI, April 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2006, 14:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8944E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8944E-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060407009779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT GATE IN A DESIGNATED PARKING AREA. THE GATE WAS LOCATED ADJACENT TO AN ACTIVE SERVICE DRIVE. PASSENGERS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT. AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE BUS STRUCK THE LEFT REMOVABLE WINGTIP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE BUS PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSEWHEELS WERE MOVED APPROXIMATELY THREE-FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE DESIGNATED PARKING BLOCK. THE BUS SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIGHT-HAND WINDSHIELD. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THIS INSPECTOR REVEALED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING - SPARS, RIBS, AND SKIN WERE UNDAMAGED. THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

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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