Embraer EMB-135BJ N995CW

Summary

On 29 November 2004 at about 22:45 local time, a Embraer EMB-135BJ registered N995CW, operated by Flight Options LLC, was involved in an accident near Cleveland, Ohio, United States. 6 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

29 November 2004 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Cleveland-Hopkins Int. (CLE)

Coordinates

41.4117, -81.8497

Aircraft

Embraer EMB-135BJ

Registration

N995CW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Flight Options LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dulles → Cleveland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

IAD05CA019

Nobody was injured.

The pilot in command's improper decision to continue taxi without a ground marshaller, and her misjudged clearance from a parked airplane, which resulted in a ground collision during taxi. Factors which contributed to the accident were fatigue, night conditions, and a lack of ramp markings.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

With the co-pilot steering the airplane from the left seat at night, the airplane taxied to a ramp area. Another airplane had been parked perpendicular to the ramp entrance with its nose wheel approximately 30 feet from the front of a hangar, and with its tail approximately 45 feet from the edge of the ramp pavement. Per their standard operating procedures, the flight crew waited for a marshaller to assist with parking. When one did not arrive, the flight crew decided to taxi behind the parked airplane. As the pilot attempted to verbally direct the co-pilot and observe the position of the right wingtip, the airplanes right winglet collided with the parked airplane. At the time of the accident the pilot had been awake since 0300. The marked centerline of the taxiway that led into the ramp area, was located 18 feet 5 inches from left side of the taxiway, but stopped short of the ramp area approximately 93 feet prior to where the accident took place. No non-movement area boundary markings were noted. The ramp had been repaved with asphalt approximately 36 days prior to the accident, and no markings existed to provide a visual cue to permit taxiing along a designated path, nor were any edge markings or edge lighting installed, to define the edge of the usable pavement.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.