- Date
- April 15, 2015, 23:00 local (Apr 16, 2015, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greer, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N688ANShort Bros SD 360-300
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) not oper: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA SC FSDO
- FAA report
- 20150415004409I
- Case key
- 91043
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 fuel truck driver's inattention, which resulted in backing over a warning cone and into the horizontal stabilizer of the airplane.
Findings · 4
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 airplane was standing at the terminal while cargo was being loaded and the co-pilot was onboard preparing for flight. The captain, outside the airplane, directed the fuel truck driver to drive around to the right side of the airplane and prepare to fuel the airplane. The captain had intended to direct the truck after preparing the fuel service panel, but turned around to see the truck back over an orange marker cone and into the airplane's horizontal stabilizer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator.
Factual narrative
The airplane was standing at the terminal while cargo was being loaded and the co-pilot was onboard preparing for flight. the Captain, outside the airplane, directed the fuel truck driver to drive around to the right side of the airplane and prepare to fuel the airplane. The captain had intended to direct the truck after preparing the fuel service panel, but turned around to see the truck back over an orange marker cone and into the airplane's horizontal stabilizer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N688AN
- Reported as
- Short Bros SD 360-300 (VARIANT300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH3633
- Built
- 1984
- Airframe hours
- 36,672
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65AR, 1,520 horsepower, turbo propPratt & Whitney PT6A-65AR, 1,520 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Cargo Carriers, doing business as Air Cargo Carriers
- Registered owner
- Acc Integrated Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · April 7, 2015
- Airport
- GSP · Greenville Spartanburg Intl
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 2, 2014
- Seat
- None
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 4,304 total · 834 in this make and model · 479 as pilot in command · 149 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 14, 2015
- Seat
- None
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 1,517 total · 661 in this make and model · 856 as pilot in command · 146 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KGSP
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 24, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.