# Incident 19780928028742I: Bnorm BN2A, Bethel, AK, September 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1978, 20:48 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92CA-1979-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 (registry code 1520209, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 560 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780928028742I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT THOUGHT 520VA WOULD TURN OFF RUNWAY SO PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF APPROACHING CRAFT. 520VA PROP STRUCK CRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N520VA, Cessna 185: [Incident 19780928028741I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780928028741I)

## Other reports on N92CA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790302010609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302010609I), Mar 2, 1979: Bnorm BN2 (N92CA), Kwigillingok, AK, Minor damage. Damage to nose gear after sliding off icy runway with heavy crosswind.
- [Accident 19760228032599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760228032599A), Feb 28, 1976: Bnorm BN2 (N92CA), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Vert stab hit parked C-130,minor dmg. Operating as wien air Alaska flt 507.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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