# Incident 19960503013809I: Mtsbsi MU2B35, Memphis, TN, May 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1996, 04:39 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N637WG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N637WG-2014-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (registry code 5780411, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960503013809I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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