- Date
- September 6, 1989, 20:02 local (Sep 7, 1989, 03:02 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N27283Fairchild SA227-AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890906035759A
- Case key
- 26247
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Probable cause
The fuel truck driver's improper operation of the vechicle on the airport. Factors were the driver's diverted attention and the inadequate supervision by company management.
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
In accordance with its ATC clearance, a skywest airlines fairchild (metroliner) was taxiing for takeoff for its scheduled passenger flight. The aircraft was proceeding w-bnd on inner taxiway kilo. A fully loaded, 10,000 gal jet-a fuel tanker truck, being driven by a trainee driver, was proceeding e-bnd on a service vehicle access road south of kilo. The trainee was following his trainer who was in a similar size tanker truck. The trainer turned left (n-bnd), crossed kilo near taxiway 47J, & proceeded toward the bradley intl terminal. The trainee was left alone, south of kilo. The trainee then turned left & proceeded n-bnd in an effort to cross kilo. The trainee failed to observe that kilo was occupied by the w-bnd fairchild, & the vehicles collided. The collision broke the acft's left wing, fuel spilled & sparks were generated. There was no fire & all occupants evacuated without further mishap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27283
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA227-AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC-729
- Airframe hours
- 1,084
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-11, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Skywest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co. Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Destination
- SBA · Santa Barbara, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,400 total · 1,872 in this make and model · 275 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.