# Incident 19800208020999I: Dhav DHC71, Philadelphia, PA, February 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1980, 14:25 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RANA
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403CA-1993-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 660 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/19800208020999I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING OUT FROM BLOCKS WHEN LEFT WING HIT BOTTOM OF RUDDER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N403CA (2)

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

- [Incident 19850516029169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850516029169I), May 16, 1985: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N403CA), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Smoke in cockpit from overhead panel. Vectors to airport. Screw in light socket shorted out.
- [Incident 19800708060049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708060049I), Jul 8, 1980: Dhav DHC6/ (N403CA), Middletown, PA. After takeoff, captain discovered that the nose wheel was stuck full left. Landed this way, with no problem.

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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