# Incident 20231006011509I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19, Chicago, IL, October 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2023, 18:52 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6WA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N457AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N457AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,723 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231006011509I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1852, AN AIRLINE EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE BUS COLLIDED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CRJ-200, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY FROM CHICAGO O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD) TO DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DAY) WITH 48 PASSENGERS AND 4 CREWMEMBERS.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING EASTBOUND ON TAXIWAY BRAVO. AN AIRLINE EMPLOYEE BUS WITH 10 PEOPLE ONBOARD WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON AN ACCESS ROAD LOCATED BETWEEN TAXIWAY INTERSECTIONS OF A15 AND A16. THE BUS DID NOT YIELD TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND CROSSED THE AIRCRAFT’S NOSE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS VISIBLE AND HAD THE APPROPRIATE LIGHT CONFIGURATION ON/OPERABLE. THE FIRST OFFICER SAW THE BUS ENTERING THE TAXIWAY AND CALLED OUT, “BUS. STOP!” THE CAPTAIN IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STRUCK THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS, RESULTING IN THE NOSE BEING PUSHED APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET RIGHT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) OF THE COLLISION AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN ON THE TAXIWAY AND PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE TERMINAL VIA BUSES.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, CRUSHING/REMOVING THE NOSE CONE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO BE MINOR. THE BUS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS RIGHT SIDE, INCLUDING BLOWN OUT WINDOWS NEAR THE REAR OF THE BUS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT; HOWEVER, ONE CABIN CREWMEMBER INJURY WAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE CREWMEMBER WAS TREATED THE FOLLOWING DAY, RELEASED THE SAME DAY, AND HAS RESUMED DUTIES. TWO BUS OCCUPANTS REPORTED INJURIES, WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND RELEASED LATER THAT EVENING.

FAA AIRPORTS DIVISION IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE EMPLOYEE BUS OPERATOR AND DRIVER’S ACTIONS AND WILL COMPLETE THEIR OWN REPORT WITH RECOMMENDED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.

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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