Last updated: 11 April 2021
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | dimanche 5 mars 1995 |
| Heure: | 19:08 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Beechcraft 1900C |
| Operated by: | Great Lakes Airlines |
| On behalf of: | United Express |
| Immatriculation: | N130UE |
| Numéro de série: | UC-130 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Heures de vol: | 9668 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 16 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 18 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Repaired |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | Au roulage (TXI) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Des Moines Airport, IA (DSM/KDSM), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | UE6048 |
A Beechcraft 1900C, N130UE, operated as United Express Flight 6048, collided with an untended baggage cart and step stool while taxiing to parking at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota. The airplane received substantial damage as a result of the collision. The two flight crew members and 16 passengers on board the airplane reported no injuries. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
The captain reported the flight was cleared to parking via the inner Echo (E) taxiway. He stated as they neared the commuter airplane parking area, they encountered a DC-9 positioned on the inner taxiway centerline, blocking their progress. The captain reported he considered taxiing around the DC-9 on the outer Echo taxiway, but decided against it because of other traffic and the DC-9 jetwash. Instead, the captain elected to taxi on the parking ramp, passing between a parked commuter airplane and the DC-9. He reported he and the first officer did not observe any obstacles on the parking ramp, and proceeded to taxi "...at an extremely slow taxi speed..." past the stationary airplanes. The captain stated as they passed between the airplanes they heard a loud noise and felt extreme vibrations, as the airplane struck the untended objects.
The captain stated the night was dark, with light snow falling, and the parking ramp was not well lit. He stated there was no reflective tape on the baggage cart or step stool, nor was there anything else to draw attention to the objects. He indicated he had turned off the taxi light (per company general operating procedures) so as not to blind the DC-9 flight crew.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles during taxi operations. Related factors are the dark night light conditions and the wrong taxi route."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Des Moines Airport, IA et Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN est de 372 km (232 miles).
La distance entre Des Moines Airport, IA et Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN est de 372 km (232 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
