Narrative:
An Embraer EMB-120 airplane, N121CZ, while standing on a ramp at the Greeley-Weld County Airport, Colorado, was struck by a bus. The airline transport pilot and two crewmembers on board the airplane were uninjured and the bus driver and 23 passengers on board the bus were uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its left aileron.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The bus driver's failure to maintain clearance from the standing airplane during dark night conditions. Contributing to the accident was the airport's lack of an escort for the bus."
accident date: 12-09-2017
type: Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia
registration: N121CZ
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 2017 |
| Time: | 0.22958898544312 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia |
| Operator: | Air Charter Express |
| Registration: | N121CZ |
| MSN: | 120350 |
| First flight: | 1999 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 33531 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO (GXY) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO (GXY/KGXY), United States of America |
| Oxford-University Airport, MS (UOX/KUOX), United States of America |
An Embraer EMB-120 airplane, N121CZ, while standing on a ramp at the Greeley-Weld County Airport, Colorado, was struck by a bus. The airline transport pilot and two crewmembers on board the airplane were uninjured and the bus driver and 23 passengers on board the bus were uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its left aileron.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The bus driver's failure to maintain clearance from the standing airplane during dark night conditions. Contributing to the accident was the airport's lack of an escort for the bus."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
accident date: 12-09-2017
type: Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia
registration: N121CZ
Map
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 Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO to Oxford-University Airport, MS as the crow flies is 1481 km (925 miles).
Distance from Greeley-Weld County Airport, CO to Oxford-University Airport, MS as the crow flies is 1481 km (925 miles).
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