# Accident 20150722012989A: Canadair CL-60-2B16, West Palm Beach, FL, July 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2015, 14:10 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: West Palm Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: J6BA
- Location: 26.6856° N, 80.0928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6856&lon=-80.0928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613PJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR CL-60-2B16
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,100 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150722012989A

## Narrative

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

A GROUND COLLISION BETWEEN N613PJ, A CL-601-3AER (CL600-2B16), AND A KUBOTA ATV OCCURRED ON THE RAMP OF ATLANTIC AVIATION AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 LOCAL TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING UNDER ITS OWN POWER, AND RAN OVER THE ATV, WHICH WAS PARKED ABOUT TEN FEET IN FRONT OF THE LEFT WING.  THE COLLISION RESULTED IN THE ATV BEING TUMBLED ABOUT ONE AND THREE QUARTER TIMES, DURING WHICH THE LEFT WING WAS PUNCTURED ON THE LEADING EDGE AND UNDERNEATH, AT A FUEL TANK ACCESS PANEL.  THE PUNCTURE UNDERNEATH RESULTED IN A FUEL SPILL ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 300 GALLONS OF JET-A.  THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR, AT LEAST THREE OF THE L WING FLAP HINGES OR FAIRINGS AND THE L MLG DOOR, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL SCRAPES AND RUBS AT VARIOUS POINTS UNDER THE L WING AND FLAP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OF THE TWO LINE CREW PRESENT OR THE AIRCRAFT CREW, AND NO FIRE RESULTED.  THERE WERE NO OTHER PERSONS ON BOARD.

TWO LINEMEN WHO WORKED FOR ATLANTIC STATED THEY HEARD THE AIRCRAFT STARTING ENGINES, AND NOTICED THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR WAS OPEN.  THEY DROVE TO THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ATV, PARKING IT TEN FEET IN FRONT OF THE LEFT WING.  THEY SUCCEDED IN GETTING THE ATTENTION OF THE CREW, AND THE PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GOT OUT OF HIS SEAT AND WENT AFT TO CLOSE THE DOOR.  AFTER THE DOOR WAS SHUT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROLLING FORWARD, AND NEITHER OF THE LINEMEN COULD GAIN THE ATTENTION OF THE SIC IN THE LEFT SEAT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ATV.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD FOR ANOTHER FIFTEEN FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  BOTH LINEMEN STATED CAPT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEVER GOT BACK TO HIS SEAT.  BOTH CREW WHEN INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY, SAID THEY WERE BOTH IN THEIR SEATS AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, AND THAT THE BRAKES FAILED.  SUBSEQUENT TESTING OF THE NORMAL BRAKING AND PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM DETECTED NO FAILURES OR ABNORMALITIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA15LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA288), Jul 22, 2015: Canadair CL-600-2B16 (N613PJ), West Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to properly use the before start checklist, to monitor the airplane's motion, and to see and avoid objects around the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent roll into a…

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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