Accident · 2005-06-07
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-06-07
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Embraer 170 (N803MD)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The inexperience of the driver (fleet service agent) in the operation of a belt loader, which resulted in the belt loader being driven under, and colliding with, the airplane.
Source: NTSB case DCA05MA070Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.