# Incident 20070302831039I: Saab 340B, Minneapolis, MN, March 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2007, 06:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 44.8820° N, 93.2218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN (MSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8820&lon=-93.2218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070302831039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEFT HAND PROPELLER STRUCK GATE B6 JETWAY AT MSP AIRPORT WHILE BEING TAXIED TO THE GATE AFTER OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE. DUE TO A THICK ICE SHEET THAT WAS PREVALENT OVER ALL OF THE GATE AREAS, THE MAINTENANCE CREW MADE A SAFETY DECISION TO STOP APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE GATE EVEN THOUGH BEING PRESSURED FROM THE MALA GROUND OPERATIONS CONTROL AND THE MARSHALLERS TO CONTINUE TO THE GATE. AFTER STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT, THE MAINTENANCE CREW PROCEEDED TO FEATHER THE PROPELLERS WHICH CAUSES A BRIEF FORWARD SURGING THAT INITIATED THE SLIDING OF THE AIRCRAFT - NOSE RIGHT/TAIL LEFT - AND STRONG RIGHT AFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND EXACERBATED THE SKID. RAMP CONDITIONS WERE ICY, SNOW COVERED, AND VERY SLIPPERY. NO AGGREGATE HAD BEEN PUT DOWN PRIOR TO THIS OCCURANCE. MALA HAS INITIATED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION TO PUT IN PLACE PROCEDURES WITH REGARD TO ICY RAMP CONDITIONS.

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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