ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296923
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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 2002 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Saab 340A |
| Owner/operator: | Mesaba Airlines |
| Registration: | N110XJ |
| MSN: | 340A-110 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charleston-Yeager Airport, WV (KCRW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Charleston-Yeager Airport, WV (CRW/KCRW) |
| Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While the airplane was standing at the gate, with the engines not operating, the flightcrew requested that a ground power unit (GPU) be reconnected to the airplane. An employee on the ground drove a ground service vehicle, with a GPU attached, toward the airplane. As the ground service vehicle approached the airplane, it struck an aft section of fuselage.
Probable Cause: The vehicle driver's failure to maintain clearance of the airplane.
Sources:
NTSB NYC02LA146
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 12:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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