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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Farmington, NM · September 20, 1986

Date
September 20, 1986 · 14:40 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4489A
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total250 in this make and model150 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.

Struck an APU with the prop while taxiing for takeoff.APU left unguarded on the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK AN APU WITH THE PROP WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF.APU LEFT UNGUARDED ON THE RAMP.