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FAA incident report · Cndair CL-600-2B19 · Tulsa, OK · August 13, 2006

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Date
August 13, 2006 · 16:13 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Tulsa International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8390A
Reported as
Cndair CL6002B19
People aboard
53
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total4,500 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days
N8390ARegistered now · Bombardier CL-600-2B19S/N 7390 · Built 2000Airframe modelBombardier CL-600-2B19Engine modelGE CF34 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

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(-23) On August 13, 2006, at 1613 local, during taxi to the gate operations, N8390A, a Canadair regional jet, CL-600-2B19, operated by pinnacle airlines was struck by a fuel truck after it had stopped. The weather conditions were not a factor for the flight crew. The ground temperature was very hot with air temperatures of over a 100 degrees. The video shows the aircraft being taxied into the gate by a wing walker. The wing walker acts like she could see there was going to be a problem but did not do anything to halt the event. The aircraft marshaller saw what was going to happen and gave the crew an emergency stop signal, which they followed. At the same time the fuel truck driver assumed his truck was going to be hit by the aircraft and he attempted to pull away from the impact. When the fuel truck moved away it actually swung the back of the fuel truck into the aircraft lodging the aircraft's wing tip against the fuel truck. All the witness marks on the fuel truck indicate that the truck was pulling into the wing of the aircraft. There was no clear evidence that the aircraft struck the fuel truck. None of the witnesses indicated they saw the aircraft hit the fuel truck.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 13, 2006, AT 1613 LOCAL, DURING TAXI TO THE GATE OPERATIONS, N8390A, A CANADAIR REGIONAL JET, CL-600-2B19, OPERATED BY PINNACLE AIRLINES WAS STRUCK BY A FUEL TRUCK AFTER IT HAD STOPPED. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR FOR THE FLIGHT CREW. THE GROUND TEMPERATURE WAS VERY HOT WITH AIR TEMPERATURES OF OVER A 100 DEGREES. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT BEING TAXIED INTO THE GATE BY A WING WALKER. THE WING WALKER ACTS LIKE SHE COULD SEE THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM BUT DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO HALT THE EVENT. THE AIRCRAFT MARSHALLER SAW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND GAVE THE CREW AN EMERGENCY STOP SIGNAL, WHICH THEY FOLLOWED. AT THE SAME TIME THE FUEL TRUCK DRIVER ASSUMED HIS TRUCK WAS GOING TO BE HIT BY THE AIRCRAFT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE IMPACT. WHEN THE FUEL TRUCK MOVED AWAY IT ACTUALLY SWUNG THE BACK OF THE FUEL TRUCK INTO THE AIRCRAFT LODGING THE AIRCRAFT'S WING TIP AGAINST THE FUEL TRUCK. ALL THE WITNESS MARKS ON THE FUEL TRUCK INDICATE THAT THE TRUCK WAS PULLING INTO THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FUEL TRUCK. NONE OF THE WITNESSES INDICATED THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE FUEL TRUCK.