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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · State College, PA · May 13, 1998

Date: May 13, 1998 · 20:15 local
Place: State College, PA
Airport: University Park
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N260G
Reported as: Beech B200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total1,800 in this make and model15 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: after landing at University Park Airport (unv), the BE-200 aircraft was instructed to taxi to the parking space closest to the terminal entrance. With no ground guide, the BE-200 made a left turn to attempt to get his nose wheel on the center line for parking. In this attempt, the right hand wing tip struck the rudder of a parked lear jet 35A airplane, causing minor damage to the right wing tip of the Beech 200 and minor damage to the rudder and trim tab on the lear 35A. The crew of the Beech 200 admitted fault as to the cause of this incident. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT UNIVERSITY PARK AIRPORT (UNV), THE BE-200 AIRCRAFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO THE PARKING SPACE CLOSEST TO THE TERMINAL ENTRANCE. WITH NO GROUND GUIDE, THE BE-200 MADE A LEFT TURN TO ATTEMPT TO GET HIS NOSE WHEEL ON THE CENTER LINE FOR PARKING. IN THIS ATTEMPT, THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP STRUCK THE RUDDER OF A PARKED LEAR JET 35A AIRPLANE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP OF THE BEECH 200 AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER AND TRIM TAB ON THE LEAR 35A. THE CREW OF THE BEECH 200 ADMITTED FAULT AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^