# Incident 20111219028149I: Boeing / Dehavilland DHC-8-103, Fairbanks, AK, December 19, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2011, 08:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N882EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N882EA-2013-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing / Dehavilland DHC-8-103 (registry code 1386005, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-dehavilland-dhc-8-103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING / DEHAVILLAND DHC-8-103
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,700 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111219028149I

## Narrative

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

PTRS NUMBER: AL07201201274DURING THE DEICING PROCESS THE HAGELAND (EPUA) CONTRACT  DEICE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRUCKS INTERCOM SYSTEM, GOT DISTRACTED AND LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND RAN THE DEICE MAN BASKET  INTO THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE FIBERGLASS MAN BASKET WHICH CONTAINED THE PERSON PERFORMING THE DEICE PROCEDURE.THE EPUA EMPLOYEE IN THE MAN BASKET WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N882EA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030719016329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030719016329I), Jul 19, 2003: Dhav DHC8103 (N882EA), Fairbanks, AK. (-23) 70 Knmi south of fai, aircraft began experiencing uncommanded radio transmissions causing interference with communications between ATC and all aircraft…

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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