# Incident 20180302018601I: Embraer ERJ-195-E2, Fairbanks, AK, March 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2018, 21:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: PR-ZIQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ-195-E2
- Reported engine: ROLLS DEUT BR700-725A1
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 780 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180302018601I

## Narrative

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

N678GA EXITED RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO PARKING AT ALASKA AEROFUEL ON THE WEST RAMP OF FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY ONE GROUND CREW WHO MARSHALLED THE AIRCRAFT WITH LIGHTED WANDS.  NO ASPHALT OR TAXI LINES OR MARKINGS VISIBLE DUE TO SNOW PACK ON THE RAMP. THERE WAS ONE OTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP, AN EMBRAER 190 TAIL NUMBER PR-ZIQ. N678GA APPROACHED THE MARSHALLER AT AN ANGLE. PILOT REPORTS THE MARSHALLER APPREARED TO BE A RESONABLE DISTANCE FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.  AS N678GA CAME ABEAM OF THE EMBRAER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID TO THE LEFT. PWER WAS AT IDLE, BRAKES APPLIED AND FORWARD MOTION CEASED. NO INDICATION FROM GROUND CREW THAT A COLLISION HAD TAKEN PLACE.

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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