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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU-2B-35 · Memphis, TN · May 3, 1996

Date
May 3, 1996 · 04:39 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BKAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N637WG
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2B35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total3,000 in this make and model119 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.

Narrative: pilot stated that after landing on runway 270 and was taxiing on to the ramp area between a row of parked aircraft's he taxied into an APU that was in the middle of the ramp. The pilot stated that with his watching the parked aircrafts and a couple of pilots standing near their aircrafts, and a bright ramp light shining in his face he accidentally taxied into the power unit. There was substantial damage to the APU. The aircraft sustained damage to the right propellers, and a portion of the right engine cowling. There was no fire, the pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 270 AND WAS TAXIING ON TO THE RAMP AREA BETWEEN A ROW OF PARKED AIRCRAFT'S HE TAXIED INTO AN APU THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAMP. THE PILOT STATED THAT WITH HIS WATCHING THE PARKED AIRCRAFTS AND A COUPLE OF PILOTS STANDING NEAR THEIR AIRCRAFTS, AND A BRIGHT RAMP LIGHT SHINING IN HIS FACE HE ACCIDENTALLY TAXIED INTO THE POWER UNIT. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE APU. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT PROPELLERS, AND A PORTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. THERE WAS NO FIRE, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.