20061020023919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747400 · Miami, FL · October 20, 2006

Date
October 20, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Miami International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
SAJF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
B1870
Reported as
Boeing 747400
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft was getting ready for pushback and ground equipment in the process of being cleared from the area when evergreen ground services employee privacy data omitted drove a tug that was towing ground stairs near the right wing and damaged the wingtip and the navigation light assembly with the top end of the stairs. The pictures taken after the incident appear to show that the driver was traveling at a speed greater than the 5MPH limit required by evergreen ground services procedures. privacy data omitted Drug test results were negative.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS GETTING READY FOR PUSHBACK AND GROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLEARED FROM THE AREA WHEN EVERGREEN GROUND SERVICES EMPLOYEE ^PRIVACY DAT^ DROVE A TUG THAT WAS TOWING GROUND STAIRS NEAR THE RIGHT WING AND DAMAGED THE WINGTIP AND THE NAVIGATION LIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH THE TOP END OF THE STAIRS. THE PICTURES TAKEN AFTER THE INCIDENT APPEAR TO SHOW THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED GREATER THAN THE 5MPH LIMIT REQUIRED BY EVERGREEN GROUND SERVICES PROCEDURES. ^PRIVACY DA^ DRUG TEST RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.