- Date
- January 17, 1989, 17:44 local (Jan 18, 1989, 01:44 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 7 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N26895Fairchild SA227AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890117000719A
- Case key
- 26204
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Probable cause
The failure of the fuel tanker driver to see and avoid the moving aircraft. Factors contributing to the accident were the driver's obstructed visibility through the right side of the vehicle's cab, and the dusk light conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The SA227 had landed & was taxiing to the gate with the taxi, landing, recognition & strobe lights off. As it taxied northbound toward the gate, the driver of an eastbound fuel tanker truck failed to stop at a posted 'stop for acft' sign at the intersection of the vehicle service road & the taxiway. The tanker truck collide with, and partially severed, the acft's left wing. The driver of the tanker truck indicated that he did not observe the acft until it was right in front of his truck & then it was too late to stop. The tanker truck driver's 1:30-2:00 view view was partially blocked by the truck structure; the 2:00-3:00 view considerably restricted by the truck's cage structure & equipment contained therein. Airport regulations require that 'low silhoutte' aircraft taxi with landing lights on until clear of taxiways and intersecting vehicle access roads.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26895
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA227AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC-656
- Airframe hours
- 5,718
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331-11, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Skywest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Provident Commercial Group
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 15, 1989 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- ONT · Ontario, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles Intl
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,860 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 307 in the last 90 days · 74 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.