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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · New York, NY · April 10, 2008

Date
April 10, 2008 · 20:33 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NSVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N347CJ
Reported as
Saab 340B
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total370 in this make and model156 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) While colgan air was taxiing for takeoff on runway 13 via taxiway bravo, aircraft was stopped inline behind other aircraft on bravo at intersection of taxiways bravo and papa. Comair was cleared to continue via papa to the hold short line of runway 22 on taxiway papa. As the comair aircraft taxied past the bravo/papa intersection, his left wingtip clipped the right wing of the colgan air. The left winglet of the comair aircraft broke off and imbedded into the colgan air's right aileron. Both aircraft taxiied back to there respective gates. No injuries to any persons on either aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE COLGAN AIR WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 13 VIA TAXIWAY BRAVO, AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED INLINE BEHIND OTHER AIRCRAFT ON BRAVO AT INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS BRAVO AND PAPA. COMAIR WAS CLEARED TO CONTINUE VIA PAPA TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RUNWAY 22 ON TAXIWAY PAPA. AS THE COMAIR AIRCRAFT TAXIED PAST THE BRAVO/PAPA INTERSECTION, HIS LEFT WINGTIP CLIPPED THE RIGHT WING OF THE COLGAN AIR. THE LEFT WINGLET OF THE COMAIR AIRCRAFT BROKE OFF AND IMBEDDED INTO THE COLGAN AIR'S RIGHT AILERON. BOTH AIRCRAFT TAXIIED BACK TO THERE RESPECTIVE GATES. NO INJURIES TO ANY PERSONS ON EITHER AIRCRAFT.