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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bombardier CL-600-2C10 · Salt Lake City, UT · November 22, 2010

Date
November 22, 2010 · 23:00 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N614SK
Reported as
Bombardier CL-600-2C10
Reported engine
GE CF34 series
People aboard
47
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor

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.

November 23, 2010, skywest ship N614SK, flight number 4543, scheduled as service from Salt Lake City International to Oklahoma city will rogers world airport, was damaged by the ground tug during push back from the jet bridge at approximately 23:00 in the evening. The aircraft and the tug slid on the ice and the tug slid to the starboard side of the aircraft. Once the aircraft nose steering system was against the stops, the tow bar pins sheared. The tug continued sliding and impacted the aircraft between fuselage station 364 and fuselage station 409, puncturing the skin at right hand stringers S20R (production lap seam) and S19R. The puncture severed S19R completely damaging several wire bundles inside the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

NOVEMBER 23, 2010, SKYWEST SHIP N614SK, FLIGHT NUMBER 4543, SCHEDULED AS SERVICE FROM SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL TO OKLAHOMA CITY WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT, WAS DAMAGED BY THE GROUND TUG DURING PUSH BACK FROM THE JET BRIDGE AT APPROXIMATELY 23:00 IN THE EVENING. THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TUG SLID ON THE ICE AND THE TUG SLID TO THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT NOSE STEERING SYSTEM WAS AGAINST THE STOPS, THE TOW BAR PINS SHEARED. THE TUG CONTINUED SLIDING AND IMPACTED THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATION 364 AND FUSELAGE STATION 409, PUNCTURING THE SKIN AT RIGHT HAND STRINGERS S20R (PRODUCTION LAP SEAM) AND S19R. THE PUNCTURE SEVERED S19R COMPLETELY DAMAGING SEVERAL WIRE BUNDLES INSIDE THE FUSELAGE.