- Date
- July 4, 2018, 07:23 local (12:23 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Prior to flight
- Aircraft
- N208EECessna 208
- Defining event
- Prior to flight: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180704009089A
- Case key
- 97725
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Probable cause
The service truck driver’s evasive maneuver to avoid a bag cart tug, which resulted in the truck impacting a parked airplane.
Findings · 3
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 manager of regulatory compliance for the operator reported that a service truck had impacted the airplane, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. He added that the first officer was on the ground and that the captain was in the terminal at the time of impact. The Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) inspector reported that the flight crew reported that the captain was on-board the airplane and that the first officer was on the ground at the time of impact. The airplane was scheduled to depart in 1 hour, and they were preparing to fuel the airplane. The FAA inspector added that the service truck driver reported that he was crossing the taxiway on the zipper road, and as he approached the main terminal road, a bag cart tug pulled out in front of him, causing him to swerve into the parked airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The manager reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The manager of regulatory compliance for the operator reported that, a service truck had impacted the airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. He added that the first officer was on the ground and the captain was in the terminal at the time of impact. The Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) inspector reported that the flight crew reported that the captain was on-board the airplane and the first officer was on the ground at the time of impact. The airplane was schedule to depart in one hour and they were preparing to fuel the airplane. The FAA inspector added that the service truck driver reported that he was crossing the taxiway on the zipper road and as he approached the main terminal road, a bag cart tug pulled out in front of him, causing him to swerve into the parked airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The manager reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N208EE
- Reported as
- Cessna 208 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B1213
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 6,800
- Engine
- P&W Canada PT6A-114A, 675 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Multi-Aero Inc, doing business as Air Choice One
- Registered owner
- Multi-Aero Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 27, 2018
- Departed
- IWD · Ironwood, MI
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · Chicago O'Hare Intl
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 7, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,506 total · 1,211 in this make and model · 536 as pilot in command · 261 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- KORD, 2 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 10, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.9 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.