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| Date: | Wednesday 11 March 1998 |
| Time: | 21:40 LT |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III |
| Owner/operator: | Austin Express |
| Registration: | N730C |
| MSN: | AC-697 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14609 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tyler, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Austin, TX (KAUS) |
| (KTYR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At night, while taxiing to parking after landing, an unmanned runaway golf cart being used as a lead-in vehicle, collided with the airplane. Witnesses observed the golf cart's driver get out of the cart and the cart continue moving. The driver attempted to stop the cart; however, she was unsuccessful. The cart circled an aircraft 2 or 3 times then veered off and ricocheted off a fence. The pilots reported that they were approximately 50 feet from their intended stopping point, when they observed a golf cart that appeared to be paralleling the fence. At that time they did not perceive it as a hazard. The golf cart then made an 'immediate' change of direction and headed towards their aircraft. After the cart made the change of direction, the pilots observed that the cart was unmanned. They immediately initiated emergency shutdown procedures; however, the cart collided with the left engine's propeller before it could be shutdown.
Probable Cause: The failure of the golf cart's driver to shutdown the engine and set the parking brake before exiting, which resulted in an unmanned runaway cart.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW98LA149
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 February 1995 | N369AE | Conquest Airlines | 0 | Austin, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2024 17:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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