# Incident 19960821033979I: Cessna 207A, Dillingham, AK, August 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1996, 10:50 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 59.0447° N, 158.5055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLINGHAM (DLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0447&lon=-158.5055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 355 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821033979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING SPOT, NOSE WHEEL STRUCK CORNER OF A SLAVE PALLET. THE FORK BOLTS SHEARED OFF ALLOWING PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. DAMAGE OCCURED TO NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER. NO INJURIES. PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED. GROUND HANDLING PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY COMPANY TO PREVENT A RECURRANCE.

## Other reports on N54GV (2)

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

- [Incident 19910326013839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910326013839I), Mar 26, 1991: Cessna 207 (N54GV), Seattle, WA. On takeoff roll pilot heard pop. Aborted. Baggage door was ajar. Reclosed and departed.
- [Incident 19881212067209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881212067209I), Dec 12, 1988: Cessna 207A (N54GV), Anacortes, WA, Minor damage. Was busy wiping fogged windshield and taxied off runway into soft ground. Damaged props. Had to be towed out.

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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