20070814020609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 74745E · Anchorage, AK · August 14, 2007

Date: August 14, 2007 · 22:56 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: QOCF
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: B1646
Reported as: Boeing 74745E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,626 total4,412 in this make and model189 in the last 90 days

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) Prior to taxi the crew had checked the NOTAMS and listened to the ATIS broadcast concerning weather and construction on the airport. While taxiing for takeoff, the crew failed to locate the centerline of the taxiway and followed a groove in the pavement where the old centerline had been. This error placed the aircraft 65 feet to the west of taxiway's centerline, and the aircraft struck a construction building damaging the no. 4 engine cowling. The aircraft cowling was replaced and the aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PRIOR TO TAXI THE CREW HAD CHECKED THE NOTAMS AND LISTENED TO THE ATIS BROADCAST CONCERNING WEATHER AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE AIRPORT. WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, THE CREW FAILED TO LOCATE THE CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY AND FOLLOWED A GROOVE IN THE PAVEMENT WHERE THE OLD CENTERLINE HAD BEEN. THIS ERROR PLACED THE AIRCRAFT 65 FEET TO THE WEST OF TAXIWAY'S CENTERLINE, AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A CONSTRUCTION BUILDING DAMAGING THE NO. 4 ENGINE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT COWLING WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.