Probable cause
The tractor tug driver's failure to maintain clearance with the parked airplane.
NTSB analysis
The pilot of a privately owned and operated business jet reported that his airplane was parked on the ramp, with passengers onboard, with the engines operating, preparing to taxi for takeoff. He said that a driver of a tractor tug was parked on the right side of the airplane, waiting for the airplane to move forward. The pilot said that the ramp employee inadvertently placed the tractor tug into reverse, and backed into the airplane's right wing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and right aileron.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC08CA073 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 6, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Norfork, Virginia
- Nearest airport
- Norfork International Airport (ORF)
- Highest injury
- Minor
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 510
- N-number
- N902LG
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.