19851104060059I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · Modesto, CA · November 4, 1985

Date
November 4, 1985 · 12:30 local
Place
Modesto, CA
Airport
Modesto
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1TW
Reported as
Beech B200
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total1,400 in this make and model180 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.

Right wing skin was torn and spar broken when wing hit fence in turn during taxi. Pilot was watching other wing.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT WING SKIN WAS TORN AND SPAR BROKEN WHEN WING HIT FENCE IN TURN DURING TAXI. PILOT WAS WATCHING OTHER WING.