# Incident 20100216028719I: Embraer EMB-120ER, Los Angeles, CA, February 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2010, 06:34 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 33.9422° N, 118.3975° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9422&lon=-118.3975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N226SW-2011-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-120ER
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW118
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,173 total, 6,677 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10IA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10IA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100216028719I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 0634 PST, SKYWEST AIRLINES EMBRAER EMB-120ER, N226SW, OPERATING AS UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 6199, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED INTO GATE 82 AT LAX, THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER STRUCK THE JET BRIDGE. NONE OF THE THREE CREW MEMBERS, OR 28 PASSENGERS, NOR GROUND PERSONNEL WERE INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10IA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10IA135), Feb 16, 2010: Embraer EMB-120ER (N226SW), Los Angeles, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to maintain clearance from the jet bridge during taxi. Contributing to the incident was the ramp marshaller's diverted attention and failure to signal the flight crew to…

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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