# Incident 20250116001999I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24, Harrisburg, PA, January 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2025, 18:18 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N822SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (registry code 1390016, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5 (registry code 30050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8C5
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116001999I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/16/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:18PM EASTERN TIME THE CRJ900 AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY THE DEICE TRUCK DURING THE DE-ICING PROCESS. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS STATIONARY AT THE DE-ICE PAD AND CONFIGURED FOR DE-ICE/ANTI-ICE WHEN THEY CALLED FOR TYPE I AND TYPE IV FLUID.  IT WAS 27°F, CALM WINDS WITH CLOUDY SKIES AFTER DARK. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT DE-ICE TRUCK DRIVER DID NOT FOLLOW COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL. THE FLIGHT CREW COMMUNICATED THEIR REQUEST 3 TIMES, AND IT WAS 20+ MINUTES BEFORE THE PROCEDURE BEGAN.

APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE DE-ICE PROCEDURE THE FLIGHT CREW FELT 2 DISTINCT SHUTTER AND SHAKES OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE FIRST BEING MORE VIOLENT. THE CAPTAIN ASKED THE DE-ICE TRUCK DRIVER IF HE HIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE DE-ICE TRUCK DRIVER STATED TWO TIMES THAT THEY HAD NOT HIT THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT THEY USED HIGHER NOZZLE PRESSURE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SHAKE.

THE CAPTAIN CALLED FOR DE-ICING TO STOP AND RETURNED TO THE GATE FOR MAINTENANCE TO VERIFY IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE.

THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A PASSENGER SAW THE TRUCK HIT THE LEFT WING. PASSENGERS WERE INFORMED WHY THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO THE GATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

RAMP PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGLET. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE GATE THE DE-ICE TRUCK BUCKET OPERATOR REPORTED TO THE FLIGHT CREW THAT THEY DISCOVERED THE TRUCK HAD CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE 42 PASSENGERS WERE DE-PLANED AND IN APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS AND 41 MINUTES WERE TAKEN TO THEIR DESTINATION OF DETROIT, MI (DTW) ON ANOTHER FLIGHT. THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER HAD REQUIRED DRUG TESTS. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CONTINUED TO DTW WITH THE PASSENGERS.

THE PILOT MADE ALL REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS AND WROTE UP THE TRUCK HITTING AND DAMAGING THE LEFT WINGLET ON LOG #1515497. THE MAINTENANCE CREW DISPATCHED TO MDT FROM DTW VERIFIED DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT WINGLET TIP FAIRING AND TRAILING EDGE FAIRING. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THIS WAS A MINOR REPAIR DOCUMENTED ON AML#1515497. ALL TRAINING AND AUTHORIZATIONS WERE VERIFIED AS CURRENT.

## Other reports on N822SK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140822014749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140822014749I), Aug 22, 2014: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24 (N822SK), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. On 08/22/2014, at 1534 local time, skywest airlines Bombardier CL-600-2D24, N822SK, as flight 4449 departed Salt Lake City international airport (slc) for…

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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