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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1993 |
| Time: | 05:59 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | Westair Industries |
| Registration: | N781FE |
| MSN: | 208B0278 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 842 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Los Angeles, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas, NV (KLAS) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AFTER LANDING FROM A POSITIONING FLIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING CARGO OPERATIONS, THE PILOT WAS TAXIING SOUTH ON A TAXIWAY AND HAD BEEN CLEARED TO CROSS INTERSECTING TAXIWAYS. WHILE CROSSING A SERVICE ROAD THAT PARALLELED THE EAST/WEST INTERSECTING TAXIWAYS, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A CATERING TRUCK THAT WAS EASTBOUND ON THE SERVICE ROAD. THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND THE AIRPLANE PIVOTED 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE WERE DAMAGED. VEHICLES ARE REQUIRED TO YIELD TO AIRCRAFT.
Probable Cause: The inattention of the driver of a service truck to yield to aircraft and subsequent collision with the airplane as it crossed the service roadway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX93LA337
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 2018 | N781FE | West Air Inc opf FedEx Corporation | 0 | Meadows Field Airport (KBFL), Bakersfield, CA | |
non |
| Incapacitation | ||||||
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 18:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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