Accident ATR 72-202 SP-LFH,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321090

Date:	Thursday 14 July 2011
Time:	22:30
Type:	ATR 72-202
Owner/operator:	Eurolot
Registration:	SP-LFH
MSN:	478
Year of manufacture:	1995
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW) - Poland
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Wroclaw-Strachowice Airport (WRO/EPWR)
Destination airport:	Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW/EPWA)
Investigating agency:	SCAAI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
An ATR-72, registration SP-LFH, was damaged in a collision with a baggage vehicle at Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW), Poland. The driver of the vehicle sustained serious injuries.
The ATR-72 had just arrived from Wroclaw as flight ELO3850. The airplane had arrived on the apron when it was approached by a vehicle pulling baggage carts. The vehicle ran into the no. 2 engine, which was still running. Three propeller blades separated. One of the blades punctured the fuselage of the airplane.

Cause of the accident:
Inadequate observation of the Movement Area by the "Mulag" tractor operator.

Contributing factors:
1. Heavy rain and lightning.
2. Light reflections on the aerodrome surface which hindered observation .
3. Construction of the "Mulag" tractor cab, the left post of which could partially or completelyobscure the airplane
4. Short distance between a service road and taxiway "O2"

Accident investigation: