- Date
- June 6, 2008, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Norfork, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N902LGCessna 510
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 20080606837809A
- Case key
- 68447
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The tractor tug driver's failure to maintain clearance with the parked airplane.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of a privately owned and operated business jet reported that his airplane was parked on the ramp, with passengers onboard, with the engines operating, preparing to taxi for takeoff. He said that a driver of a tractor tug was parked on the right side of the airplane, waiting for the airplane to move forward. The pilot said that the ramp employee inadvertently placed the tractor tug into reverse, and backed into the airplane's right wing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and right aileron.
Factual narrative
The pilot of a privately owned and operated business jet reported that his airplane was parked on the ramp, with passengers onboard, with the engines operating, preparing to taxi for takeoff. He said that a driver of a tractor tug was parked on the right side of the airplane, waiting for the airplane to move forward. The pilot said that the ramp employee inadvertently placed the tractor tug into reverse, and backed into the airplane's right wing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and right aileron.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N902LG
- Reported as
- Cessna 510
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0066
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PW600, 1,460 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alejandro Herrera
- Registered owner
- Bank of Utah, Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- ORF · Norfork, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORF · Norfork International Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 31 in this make and model · 6,870 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.