BOEING 717-200 near Milwaukee, WI — 2012-10-05
Final reportCEN13LA004
- Date
- 2012-10-05
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Airport
- KMKE
- Aircraft
- BOEING 717-200
- Registration
- N894AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Highest injury
- None
- Fatalities
- 0
- Phase of flight
- Ground
Probable cause
An obstruction (a sleeve of cups) that lodged under the catering truck brake pedal, which prevented the driver from stopping the truck before it struck the parked airplane.
NTSB narrative
The regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight arrived at its gate and passengers began deplaning. A catering truck approached the right front service door. The catering truck driver said he applied the brakes three times in an attempt to stop the truck before it struck the airplane. The truck driver subsequently found that a “sleeve of hot/cold cups” rolled under the brake pedal and obstructed its movement.
Analysis
- Primary failure mode
- Human factors
- First missed decision gate
- Driver could have checked for obstructions before approaching the aircraft.
NTSB coding
Evidence available
- Photos
- 6 docket documents
Docket documents6
- NTSB Form 6120.1-2,Pilot-Operator Aircraft Accident Reportform
- Tyrone Wright's Statementinterview
- Specimen Result Certificateother
- Photo 1 - Night photo looking aft and the damage to N894AT after being struck by catering truckphotos
- Photo 2 - Night photo looking forward and the damage to N894AT after being struck by catering truckphotos
- Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Incident Reportreport