# Accident 20241211021399A: Cessna 560, Atlanta, GA, December 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2024, 02:50 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta I
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6512° N, 84.4221° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6512&lon=-84.4221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N981AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N981AG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,304 total, 699 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241211021399A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 11, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:38 AM LOCAL TIME A CESSNA CITATION C-560-L AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO JOINED TAXIWAY ALPHA 7 AT THE ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO JOIN TAXI WAY ALPHA 7 A COMMERCIAL TRUCK APPEARED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT A HIGHT RATE OF SPEED WITHOUT REGARD TO THE POSTED SIGNAGE REQUIRING A FULL STOP AND YIELDING TO ALL AIRCRAFT. THE TRUCK STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE CONE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE PUSHED APPROX: 45 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY. CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS.

NOTE: THE AIRSIDE OPERATIONS(POLICE)  ISSUED 3 NOVS TO DRIVER OF TRUCK; (1) UNSAFE DRIVING (C3.3), (2) FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO AIRCRAFT (C3.1), (3) UNSAFE VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT OPERATION THAT IMPACTS OPERATIONS.

NO VIOLATIONS WERE ISSUED TO PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA073), Dec 11, 2024: Cessna 560 (N981AG), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The vehicle driver’s inadequate visual lookout while driving on a non-licensed vehicle roadway in restricted visibility conditions, which resulted in a collision with a taxiing airplane.

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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