20091119051299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-223 · Bridgeton, MO · November 19, 2009

Date
November 19, 2009 · 00:08 local
Place
Bridgeton, MO
Airport
St. Louis Lambert Internationa
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Part 125 operator
Operator
QPRB
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N698SS
Reported as
Boeing 727-223
People aboard
50
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,950 total6,310 in this make and model43 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.

Aircraft was inbound to ramp area after a charter flight from minneapolis, MN (msp). Pilot was following instructions of the marshaller who was relying on wingwalkers for wingtip clearance. Right wing came in contact with a chain link parimeter fence. Pilot immediately stopped the aircraft after feeling right wing contact. Marshaller then gave the pilot the stop taxi signal.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO RAMP AREA AFTER A CHARTER FLIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MN (MSP). PILOT WAS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MARSHALLER WHO WAS RELYING ON WINGWALKERS FOR WINGTIP CLEARANCE. RIGHT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CHAIN LINK PARIMETER FENCE. PILOT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER FEELING RIGHT WING CONTACT. MARSHALLER THEN GAVE THE PILOT THE STOP TAXI SIGNAL.