# Incident 20071217829389I: Saab 340B, Lafayette, LA, December 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2007, 22:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N304AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071217829389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPS 757 STARTED ENGINES AND COMMENCED TAXI SHORTLY BEFORE 10PM LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT REQUESTED TO DEPART ON RUNWAY 11 AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 11 VIA TAXIWAY B. AS THE 757 ROUNDED THE CORNER FROM ITS PARKING LOCATION ONTO TAXIWAY B, ITS RIGHT WING BEGAN TO PROTRUDE INTO THE RAMP AREA WHERE THE AMERICAN EAGLE SAB 340 WAS ALREADY PARKED. AS THE 757 CONTINUED ITS TAXI, THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUDDER OF THE EAGLE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER OF THAT AIRCRAFT AND TO RIGHT WINGTIP OF THE 757. UNAWARE THERE HAD BEEN A COLLISION, THE 757 DEPARTED THE LFT AIRPORT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ATC WAS NOTIFIED BY GROUND PERSONNEL THAT THERE WAS BROKEN GLASS ON THE RAMP AND THAT THE 757 HAD HIT THE AMERICAN EAGLE DURING HIS TAXI TO RUNWAY 11.

## Other reports on N304AE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19931128049269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931128049269I), Nov 28, 1993: Saab 340B (N304AE), New York, NY. Aileron flight control sticking after takeoff. Returned. Found servo and clutch not disengaging. Replaced units.

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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