# NTSB ANC08CA073: Cessna 510, N902LG, Norfork, VA, June 6, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 6, 2008, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC) - Place: Norfork, VA - Coordinates: 36.894443, -76.20111 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8944&lon=-76.2011&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 68447 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08CA073 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68447/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA073 ## Probable cause The tractor tug driver's failure to maintain clearance with the parked airplane. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Object/animal/substance: ground vehicle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna 510, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md?model=2076617), [All aircraft, 132 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Ground crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 510, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2076617), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 510, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2076617), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902LG), registered now, S/N 510-0066, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 510 - Registry model: [Cessna 510](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-510) (registry code 2076617) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW615F series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw615f-series) (registry code 52063, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0066 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney PW600 1460 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20080606837809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080606837809A), Jun 6, 2008: Cessna 510, Norfolk, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) Right wing trailing edge was struck by a tug, as the aircraft was ready to taxi out (engines running, brakes off, aircraft not moving, as reported by the… From the NTSB's public API. 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