# Incident 20120504019199I: Canadair CL-600-2B19, Detroit, MI, May 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2012, 14:22 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County Int
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N969CA-2014-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1900309, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,300 total, 8,433 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120504019199I

## Narrative

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

AT 1422 ON FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012,  COMAIR AIRCRAFT #7141 WAS ARRIVING AT GATE B18 AS FLIGHT 2875 FROM LEX WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND IMPACTED A BELT LOADER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE MARSHALLING AGENT PARKED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CRJ200 STOP LINE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE NOSE GEAR CHOCKS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. THE AGENT THEN ATTEMPTED TO PLACE A CHOCK BEHIND THE NOSE GEAR AND THEN TRIED TO GET CA ATTENTION WITH EMERGENCY STOP SIGNAL.  A "CHOCKS IN" SIGNAL WAS NEVER GIVEN TO THE FLIGHT CREW PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT.THE FLIGHT CREW CONFIRMED THE MOVEMENT BACKWARDS.  AT THE SCENE, THE CAPTAIN STATED TO THE INVESTIGATING MANAGERS THAT HE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHETHER OR NOT HE RECEIVED A CHOCKS IN SIGNAL AND THAT HE MOST LIKELY FORGOT TO SET THE BRAKE.THE AGENT ON THE BELT LOADER PULLED A FEW FEET PAST THE WINGLET AND WAS WAITING ON A GUIDE PERSON WHO HAD JUST PUT UP THE CONE BARS AROUND THE RIGHT WING. THE AGENT ON THE BELT LOADER NOTICED THE BACKWARDS MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TRIED TO MOVE THE BELT LOADER BACKWARDS. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME SO HE JUMPED OFF TO ESCAPE ANY SERIOUS INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED BACKWARDS A TOTAL OF 6 FEET BEFORE IT STRUCK THE BELT LOADER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BELT LOADER AND THE LEFT WING.

## Other reports on N969CA (1)

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

- [Incident 20000513024429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513024429I), May 13, 2000: Cndair CL6002B19 (N969CA), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) A/c departed and could not retract the gear. Returned to fwa where the nose gear pin was found to be still installed.

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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