What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Sanford airport authority (saa) fuel truck number 7 was assigned to refuel privacy data omitted an aircraft at gate 12. The aircraft had both pilots, cabin crew and all scheduled passengers on board arriving at the gate.
The fuel truck was near the right wingtip waiting to be marshalled into position by ground personnel.
The driver had not set the brake or placed the truck in park while waiting for a marshaller. He then suffered a medical event at which time his foot relaxed on the brake and the fuel truck started rolling. The fuel truck struck the right engine nose cowl and came to a stop damaging both the truck and the engine nose cowl. Ground personnel rendered aid to the driver and stated that he seemed “out of it”.
ARFF was notified and did respond, the driver was transported to a hospital via ambulance privacy data omitted
The general manager of privacy data omitted operations at sfb was interviewed along with the director of airline services (fuel vendor). privacy data omitted And the fuel vendor had already gathered the driver’s statement, drivers drug screening, drivers training records, witness statements, photos of the event, and fuel truck daily logs and maintenance records. All documents were voluntarily provided to the FAA.
The aircraft was inspected, repaired, and returned to service.
The fuel truck was found to be operating properly. It has since been repaired and returned to service.
All the above data is included in sas task T-WP39-FY24-0919 and related activity WP39202403348.
FAA form 8020-23 (aircraft incident report) has been created for this incident as this was a live flight.
The root cause of this incident was found to be a medical event with the driver who has since been medically cleared to return to work.
Recommendations are:
When waiting for a ground marshaller, place the truck in park and/or set the parking brakes.
As the FAA filed it
SANFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY (SAA) FUEL TRUCK NUMBER 7 WAS ASSIGNED TO REFUEL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN AIRCRAFT AT GATE 12. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BOTH PILOTS, CABIN CREW AND ALL SCHEDULED PASSENGERS ON BOARD ARRIVING AT THE GATE.
THE FUEL TRUCK WAS NEAR THE RIGHT WINGTIP WAITING TO BE MARSHALLED INTO POSITION BY GROUND PERSONNEL.
THE DRIVER HAD NOT SET THE BRAKE OR PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK WHILE WAITING FOR A MARSHALLER. HE THEN SUFFERED A MEDICAL EVENT AT WHICH TIME HIS FOOT RELAXED ON THE BRAKE AND THE FUEL TRUCK STARTED ROLLING. THE FUEL TRUCK STRUCK THE RIGHT ENGINE NOSE COWL AND CAME TO A STOP DAMAGING BOTH THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE NOSE COWL. GROUND PERSONNEL RENDERED AID TO THE DRIVER AND STATED THAT HE SEEMED “OUT OF IT”.
ARFF WAS NOTIFIED AND DID RESPOND, THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATIONS AT SFB WAS INTERVIEWED ALONG WITH THE DIRECTOR OF AIRLINE SERVICES (FUEL VENDOR). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE FUEL VENDOR HAD ALREADY GATHERED THE DRIVER’S STATEMENT, DRIVERS DRUG SCREENING, DRIVERS TRAINING RECORDS, WITNESS STATEMENTS, PHOTOS OF THE EVENT, AND FUEL TRUCK DAILY LOGS AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS. ALL DOCUMENTS WERE VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED TO THE FAA.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED, REPAIRED, AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.
THE FUEL TRUCK WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.
ALL THE ABOVE DATA IS INCLUDED IN SAS TASK T-WP39-FY24-0919 AND RELATED ACTIVITY WP39202403348.
FAA FORM 8020-23 (AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT) HAS BEEN CREATED FOR THIS INCIDENT AS THIS WAS A LIVE FLIGHT.
THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS FOUND TO BE A MEDICAL EVENT WITH THE DRIVER WHO HAS SINCE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK.
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE:
WHEN WAITING FOR A GROUND MARSHALLER, PLACE THE TRUCK IN PARK AND/OR SET THE PARKING BRAKES.