# Incident 19970503017219I: Beech 1900D, Orlando, FL, May 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1997, 12:34 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65YV-2009-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,410 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970503017219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE BEING MARSHALLED TO A PARKING SPACE, N65YV'S LEFT HAND WING TIP CONTACTED N67YV'S TAILCONE, SMASHING THE TAILCONE. INTERVIEWS WITH THE GROUND PERSONNEL ESTABLISHED THAT IMPROPER HAND SIGNALS WERE GIVEN AND THAT GROUND MARSHALLING WAS NOT BEING PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MESA AIRLINES INC., GENERAL PROCEDURES MANUAL. THIS OFFICE HAS RECOMMENDED RETRAINING OF GROUND PERSONNEL AND PILOTS TO THE MESA CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT UNIT IN THE AREAS OF AIRCRAFT PARKING, HAND SIGNALS, AND MARSHALLING PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N65YV (2)

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

- [Incident 19990523014399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990523014399I), May 23, 1999: Beech 1900D (N65YV), Du Bois, PA. Cargo door illuminated in flight and crew initiated emergency decent into duboise pa. (Duj) airport. There were no injuries to passangers or crew. Submission…
- [Incident 19940120001849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940120001849I), Jan 20, 1994: Beech 1900D (N65YV), Tallahassee, FL. Narrative: during power up upon departure at tlh, the top front cowling on the right engine departed the aircraft and landed in the grass near the side of the…

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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