# Incident 19860123007129I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 23, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1986, 08:15 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SUAA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N916MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N916MA-1994-12-13) (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 DHC6TWNOTTER
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 263 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860123007129I

## Narrative

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

WHILE BEING MARSHALLED OUT OF GATE AREA, ROTATING BEACON STRUCK WING OF OTHER AIRCRAFT. BROKEN BEACON LENS.

## Other reports on N916MA (2)

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

- [Incident 19880526037919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880526037919I), May 26, 1988: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N916MA), Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. Pulled hard to left twice on landing roll. First officer at controls. Pilot took control, stopped plane off runway
- [Incident 19860823051689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860823051689I), Aug 23, 1986: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N916MA), Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. Taxiing aircraft struck wing of parked aircraft while following marshallers signals.

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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