On July 2, 2000, a Pro Air pilot taxied a plane into a luggage conveyor belt at Orlando. No one was hurt, but the plane's left wing was so severely damaged that the Federal Aviation Administration deemed the incident an accident. An investigation revealed that the pilot had ignored a number of signals before colliding with the belt. After a subsequent investigation revealed numerous other safety violations, the FAA grounded Pro Air on September 18, 2000. Pro Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy soon afterward, and sought permission to resume operations pending NTSB review. However, the NTSB rejected Pro Air's bid to return to the skies on September 28. Its aircraft were quickly repossessed by the lessor soon afterward.