20090705047509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mcdonnell D DC-9-82(MD- · Birmingham, AL · July 5, 2009

Date: July 5, 2009 · 11:42 local
Place: Birmingham, AL
Airport: Birmingham International
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7519A
Reported as: Mcdonnell D DC-9-82(MD-
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series
People aboard: 122
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7519ARegistration cancelled Jan 14, 2015 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)S/N 49896 · Built 1990 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-jet

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.

The pilot taxied around a stopped aircraft and came into the gate to the right of the taxi line. The marshaler was trying to get the aircraft back on the taxi line and was not watching the right wing walker. The right wing walker tried to get the aircraft to stop but the marshaler was not paying attention to the right wing walker. The right wing tip struck the top left portion of a fuel truck. The fuel truck was parked out side the safety zone. Because this happened at the gate the passengers were deplaned through the aft stairs.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT TAXIED AROUND A STOPPED AIRCRAFT AND CAME INTO THE GATE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXI LINE. THE MARSHALER WAS TRYING TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE TAXI LINE AND WAS NOT WATCHING THE RIGHT WING WALKER. THE RIGHT WING WALKER TRIED TO GET THE AIRCRAFT TO STOP BUT THE MARSHALER WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT WING WALKER. THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE TOP LEFT PORTION OF A FUEL TRUCK. THE FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED OUT SIDE THE SAFETY ZONE. BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED AT THE GATE THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED THROUGH THE AFT STAIRS.