Narrative:
The aircraft collided with a truck during pushback. The APU and the elevator were damaged. No one was hurt.
CAUSE: "The accident was due to lack of attention of the supervisor during pushback of the airliner, which resulted in a collision with a wrongly parked, unlit catering vehicle."
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 12 December 1996 |
| Time: | 16:37 |
| Type: |  Avro RJ100 |
| Operator: | Crossair |
| Registration: | HB-IXR |
| MSN: | E3281 |
| First flight: | 1996-02-18 (10 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Lycoming LF507-1F |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) ( Switzerland)
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing (PBT) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland |
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| Flightnumber: | SR3794 |
The aircraft collided with a truck during pushback. The APU and the elevator were damaged. No one was hurt.
Probable Cause:
CAUSE: "The accident was due to lack of attention of the supervisor during pushback of the airliner, which resulted in a collision with a wrongly parked, unlit catering vehicle."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Collision with airport equipmentDamaged on the ground
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