19790620016449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B99 · Pittsburgh, PA · June 20, 1979

Date
June 20, 1979 · 15:15 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N601CA
Reported as
Beech B99
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,443 total2,370 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Prop damaged by striking a bag which someone placed on the ramp after the pilot had "cleared" that area

As the FAA filed it

PROP DAMAGED BY STRIKING A BAG WHICH SOMEONE PLACED ON THE RAMP AFTER THE PILOT HAD "CLEARED" THAT AREA