# Incident 20090301004559I: Boeing 717200, Baltimore, MD, March 1, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2009, 09:46 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore/Washington International Thur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 39.1757° N, 76.6690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL THURGOOD MARSHALL (BWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1757&lon=-76.6690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N974AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N974AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce BR-700 series (registry code 54565, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,491 total, 7,290 in this make and model, 201 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090301004559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N974AT WAS ON DEICING PAD NR 2 AND DEICING (CREW) TRUCK WAS JUST FORWARD OF THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING TIP DEICING THE WING.  THE DEICING COORDINATOR (FROSTY) WAS MARSHALLING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ONTO DEICING PAD NR 4 WHILE COMMUNICATING VIA RADIO WITH THE DEICING CREW ON AIRCRAFT N974AT.  DEICING COORDINATOR THOUGHT HE HEARD AN "ALL CLEAR" ON N974AT.  WITHOUT VISUALLY VERIFYING THAT THE DEICING OPERATIONS WERE COMPLETED AND ALL EQUIPMENT AND/OR PERSONNEL WERE CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFFT, FROSTY PROVIDED N974AT'S CREW AN ALL CLEAR TO TAXI/DEPART THE DEICING PAD AREA.  CAPTAIN PROCEEDED AS INSTRUCTED AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE DEICING TRUCK.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI ON THE ACTIVE TAXI-WAY UNTIL INFORMED BY COMPANY DEPATCH THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE DEICING TRUCK.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, AND DAMAGE TO THE DEICING TRUCK WAS TO THE LEFT MIRROR AND A BROKEN WINDSHIELD.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.  RIGHT WING TIP AND LIGHT ASSEMBLY WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED; REFER TO AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOGSHEET 1383718.  DEICING CONTRACT VENDOR HAS CONDUCTED AN INCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND IMPLEMENTED CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES TO

## Other reports on N974AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20070329005669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070329005669I), Mar 29, 2007: Boeing 717200 (N974AT), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 2105L, Thursday, March 29, 2007 an airtran airways B-717-200 aircraft struck a stationary galley service truck during pushback from gate…

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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