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| Date: | Monday 29 November 2004 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-135BJ |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Options LLC |
| Registration: | N995CW |
| MSN: | 145495 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1469 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce AE3007AIP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, OH (CLE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD) |
| Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH (CLE/KCLE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: 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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD05CA019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Oct-2022 15:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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