ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172788
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 December 2014 |
| Time: | 05:00 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | US Airways / American Airlines |
| Registration: | N288AY |
| MSN: | 1441 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An American Airlines cleaning truck #FR062 driven by a cleaning lead, entered the hard stand across from the Base maintenance hangar at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) with the intent of locating a specific aircraft (A321, N507AY) to conduct a scheduled clean.
As was the station norm during night operations the driver angled towards the nose gear as they approached each aircraft to use the headlights to illuminate the aircraft number. After identifying N288AY, they accelerated towards the next aircraft but failed to clear the aircraft. Significant structural damage to the aircraft occurred when the right hand rail on the stationary platform cut through the aircraft fuselage aft of the radome and the box of the truck struck the radome. No employees were injured. The aircraft is now back in regular service.
Sources:
https://imgur.com/a/ApjTk
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N288AY
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/6277798/#menu27
Images:
March 22, 2015 N288AY at Leading Edge Aviation Services, Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo Texas waiting for a paint job.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2015 16:01 | whiteshark | Added |
| 08-Jan-2015 16:02 | harro | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
| 08-Jan-2015 16:06 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 08-Jan-2015 20:27 | StreetF117 | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2015 20:49 | harro | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2015 21:15 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2015 20:49 | RichardWarner | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 09-Apr-2015 19:35 | DSA | Updated [Narrative] |
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