20070523012819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dorner DO 328-100 · Santa Ana, CA · May 23, 2007

Date
May 23, 2007 · 10:25 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HKGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N473PS
Reported as
Dorner DO328100
People aboard
33
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) Ground power unit operator failed to completely remove plug from external power receptacle. Upon driving away with ground power unit cord still attached, cord was forced under the nose of the aircraft and subsequently damaged nose landing gear door actuator mechanism. Pilot inspected external power receptacle area with no apparent damage. Damage to nose landing gear door was not discovered until return to airport for noise and vibration in nose area.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) GROUND POWER UNIT OPERATOR FAILED TO COMPLETELY REMOVE PLUG FROM EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE. UPON DRIVING AWAY WITH GROUND POWER UNIT CORD STILL ATTACHED, CORD WAS FORCED UNDER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR MECHANISM. PILOT INSPECTED EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE AREA WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL RETURN TO AIRPORT FOR NOISE AND VIBRATION IN NOSE AREA.