# Incident 20121117026689I: Canadair CL-600-2B19, Dulles Airport, VA, November 17, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 17, 2012, 17:02 local time - Place: Dulles Airport, VA - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: ASOA - Aircraft: N830AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N830AS-2020-06-09) (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: 0 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121117026689I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 1702 ET: RAMP TOWER REPORTED THAT AN AIRCRAFT AT GATE A1F BACKED INTO A BAGGAGE CART; NO INJURIES REPORTED. OPS RESPONDED AND FRD DISPATCHED. 1710 ET: ASQ 5719 STRUCK A BAG CART WHILE BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE A1F. NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WINGTIP OF CRJ-200, TAIL #N830AS, OPERATED BY EXPRESS JET. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND FLIGHT WAS CANCELED. EASTERN REGION NOTIFIED.1742 ET: AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. OPS CLEAR OF THE INCIDENT AND RAMP TOWER NOTIFIED ALLEYWAY RTS.1810 ET: JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE WING WALKER INDICATED HE PUT HIS WANDS IN THE X CONFIGURATION WHEN HE SAW A TUG PULLING A BAGGAGE CART COMING TOWARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PUSHBACK TUG WAS AT AN ANGLE TO THE AIRCRAFT WHILE CONDUCTING A TURN TO ALIGN THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ALLEYWAY CENTERLINE. DURING THIS OPERATION, THE PUSHBACK DRIVER LOST LINE OF SIGHT WITH THE WING WALKER AND THUS DID NOT SEE THE WANDS IN THE X CONFIGURATION. THE BAG CART DRIVER INDICATED SHE STOPPED THE TUG AND SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN SHE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WASN'T STOPPING. SHE ALSO INDICATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND THE TUG ROLLED FORWARD. HOWEVER, THE DRIVER, THINKING SHE WOULD BE HIT IN THE HEAD BY THE PLANE, JUMPED OFF THE TUG. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND THE TUG CONTINUED TO MOVE AND CONTACTED THE RIGHT WINGLET OF THE CRJ-200. THE BAG DRIVER THEN JUMPED BACK ON THE TUG AND TURNED IT OFF. THE TUG HAS BEEN TAGGED OUT OF SERVICE BY OPS AND SENT IN FOR INSPECTION. ## Other reports on N830AS (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20010824025279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010824025279I), Aug 24, 2001: Cndair CL6002B19 (N830AS), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On 08/24/01, N830AS, a CL-600-2B19 aborted take-off from Pittsburgh international airport after receiving master caution warning and chimes (brake over… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.