# Incident 20110201001209I: Mcdonnell D MD-10-10F, Newark, NJ, February 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2011, 09:23 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N567FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N567FE-2024-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-10F (registry code 3022112, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-10-10f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-6 series (registry code 30020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL D MD-10-10F
- Reported engine: GE CF6-6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110201001209I

## Narrative

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

AT 0923 LOCAL TIME IN EWR, N567FE AN MD10 WAS PARKED ON FEDX SPOT 1 AT EWR. N399FE ANOTHER MD10 WAS PARKED ON THE CENTER LINE AND BEING DEICED BY A BUCKET TRUCK BEING OPERATED BY OMNI SERVE (A VENDOR). WHILE THE BUCKET TRUCK WAS MOVING OFF OF THE RH WING ON N399FE IT SWUNG WIDE AND THE BUCKET CONTACTED AND DAMAGED THE LH OB TE ELEVATOR WHICH GROUNDED N567FE. THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED THE BUCKET OPERATOR TO INJURE HIS BACK. N567FE WAS LOADED FOR DEPARTURE. THE CAPTAIN WAS IN THE COCKPIT AND THE FIRST OFFICER WAS OUTSIDE DOING HIS WALK AROUND WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED.THERE WAS A RAMP AGENT ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. THE ONLY INJURY REPORTED WAS TO THE OPERATOR OF THE BUCKET.  THE LH OB TE ELEVATOR WAS REPLACED (AND OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 27-30-02-4) DUE TO THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE COLLISION WITH THE BUCKET.  ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENTS OF THE TRUCK DRIVER AND BUCKET OPERATOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM WAS OBSCURED BY AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND APU NOISE. THE BUCKET OPERATOR STATED HE WAS SCEAMING FOR THE TRUCK TO STOP AND THE TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE BUCKET OPERATOR.

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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