Narrative:
United Express flight 4528, an Embraer EMB-145XR, was struck by a United Airlines baggage tractor while taxiing to the gate at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, USA. There were no injuries to the 37 passengers and crew members onboard the airplane and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and right leading edge. The tractor driver received minor injuries.
Probable Cause: The tractor driver's failure to give way to the taxiing airplane.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 12 September 2014 |
| Time: | 20:26 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-145XR |
| Operated by: | ExpressJet Airlines |
| On behalf of: | United Express |
| Registration: | N16147 |
| MSN: | 145749 |
| First flight: | 2003 |
| Engines: | 2 Allison AE3007A1E |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field), SD (FSD/KFSD), United States of America |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 4528 |
United Express flight 4528, an Embraer EMB-145XR, was struck by a United Airlines baggage tractor while taxiing to the gate at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, USA. There were no injuries to the 37 passengers and crew members onboard the airplane and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and right leading edge. The tractor driver received minor injuries.
Probable Cause:
Probable Cause: The tractor driver's failure to give way to the taxiing airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Collision with airport equipmentDamaged on the ground
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field), SD to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 737 km (461 miles).
Distance from Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field), SD to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 737 km (461 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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