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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier CL-600-2B19 · Dulles, VA · September 27, 2018

Date: September 27, 2018 · 20:40 local
Place: Dulles, VA
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: A6WA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N440AW
Reported as: Bombardier CL-600-2B19
Reported engine: GE CF34 series
People aboard: 33
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,484 total7,093 in this make and model131 in the last 90 days

N440AWRegistered now · Bombardier CL-600-2B19S/N 7766 · Built 2003 Airframe modelBombardier CL-600-2B19 Engine modelGE CF34 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Air Wisconsin flight 3922 had landed on 1R and was taxiing on taxiway kilo to the gate. They stopped due to opposite bound traffic ( Boeing 777) on parallel, intersecting taxiway juliet. After receiving clearance from ground, they resumed their taxi on kilo to taxiway charlie and started to cross a service road at the midfield terminal ramp, when a gate gourmet catering truck on the service road failed to yield the right of way. This truck ( traveling left to right as viewed from the aircraft) struck the radome of the aircraft and then traveled about 200 feet before coming to a stop on the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

AIR WISCONSIN FLIGHT 3922 HAD LANDED ON 1R AND WAS TAXIING ON TAXIWAY KILO TO THE GATE. THEY STOPPED DUE TO OPPOSITE BOUND TRAFFIC ( BOEING 777) ON PARALLEL, INTERSECTING TAXIWAY JULIET. AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE FROM GROUND, THEY RESUMED THEIR TAXI ON KILO TO TAXIWAY CHARLIE AND STARTED TO CROSS A SERVICE ROAD AT THE MIDFIELD TERMINAL RAMP, WHEN A GATE GOURMET CATERING TRUCK ON THE SERVICE ROAD FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS TRUCK ( TRAVELING LEFT TO RIGHT AS VIEWED FROM THE AIRCRAFT) STRUCK THE RADOME OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN TRAVELED ABOUT 200 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE RAMP.