# Incident 20070331013999I: Cndair CL6002B19, Chicago, IL, March 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2007, 16:29 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N959SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N959SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 43
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,372 total, 1,423 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070331013999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INCIDENT CREW STARTED BOTH ENGINES VIA AN AIR START CART BECAUSE THE APU WAS INOPERATIVE. JUST PRIOR TO PUSHING BACK THE GROUND CREW SIGNALED THE PIC TO SHUT DOWN NUMBER ONE ENGINE. AFTER THE GROUND CREW DISCONNECTED THE AIR START CART THEY BEGAN THE PUSH BACK. GROUND CONTACTED FLIGHT #6975 & VERIFIED THEY WERE GOING TO CROSS BLEED START. GROUND ASKED IF THEY COULD DO THE CROSS BLEED START WHILE ROLLING. THE CREW REPLIED THEY COULD DO IT WHILE TAXIING. THE PIC INCREASED #2 ENGINE RPM TO APPROXIMATELY 83% TO FACILITATE THE CROSS BLEED START OF THE #1 ENGINE & APPLIED LIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE TO CONTROL TAXI SPEED. WHILE TRANSITING FROM TAXIWAY INTERSECTION "A-11" UNTO TAXIWAY "B" THE CREW REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER, NOSE GEAR STEERING & DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE PIC STATED SHE ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE NGS STEERING, TRIED TO USE THE TILLER & THE BRAKES TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT TO NO AVAIL. THE SIC JOINED THE PIC ON THE BRAKES BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS TAXIWAY "B". REALIZING THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO DEPART THE TAXIWAY THE PIC SECURED THE #2 ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY & CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS; THE NOSE GEAR WAS APPROX 20 FEET OFF THE TAXIWAY WITH THE TAIL SECTION STILL OVER THE TAXIWAY.

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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