# Incident 20120916020869I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19, Detroit, MI, September 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2012, 15:49 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8698A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8698A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-3B1 (registry code 30070, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-3b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34-3B1
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120916020869I

## Narrative

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

DURING PUSHBACK FROM GATE C29, AT DTW, FLG 3823 WAS STRUCK IN THE TAIL CONE AND AFT FUSELAGE ARE BY A BAGGAGE TUG, WHILE PUSHING BACK ACROSS THE ZIPPER ROAD.THE BAGGAGE TUG DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE TUG HAD MINOR DAMAGE.THE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW ON BOARD.THE PUSH BACK CREW HAD NO INJURIES AND HAD THE REQUIRED WING WALKER IN PLACE.

## Other reports on N8698A (1)

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

- [Accident 20081113856579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081113856579A), Nov 13, 2008: Cndair CL6002B19 (N8698A), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Pinnacle airlines flight 2544 had landed at 1355 zulu in rainey conditions. They were taxing to gate C5 on taxiway quebec when they were struck by a comair…

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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