Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A N110XJ

Summary

On 21 July 2002 at about 13:30 local time, a Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A registered N110XJ, operated by Mesaba Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Charleston, West Virginia, United States. 35 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 July 2002 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Yeager Airport (CRW)

Coordinates

38.3498, -81.6292

Aircraft

Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A

Registration

N110XJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Mesaba Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charleston → Detroit

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC02LA146

Nobody was injured.

The vehicle driver's failure to maintain clearance of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.