# Incident 19980603025239I: Doug DC3, Boise, ID, June 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: D7TA
- Location: 43.5644° N, 116.2230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19906, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19906) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3 (registry code 3021401, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980603025239I

## Narrative

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

AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED BY GROUND PERSONNEL, THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE FREIGHT TERMINAL BUILDING. THE PILOT UNABLE TO SEE THE WING TIP FROM THE COCKPIT AND HAD TO RELY ON GROUND PERSONNEL FOR GUIDANCE. BECAUSE OF DELAY IN THE BRAKE ACTIVATION CAUSED BY THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY DESIGN, THE GROUND PERSONNEL DID NOT GIVE THE PILOT ENOUGH TIME TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N19906 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970922031949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970922031949I), Sep 22, 1997: Doug DC3 (N19906), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative available.

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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