# Incident 19981026034189I: Swrngn SA227BC, Austin, TX, October 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: LVQF
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: XASHD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227BC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981026034189I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/26/98, A FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT XA-SHD, MODEL SA-227-BC, OPERATED BY SER VICIOS AEREOS LITORAL, AN APPROVED (FAA PART 129) FOREIGN AIR CARRIER, CONTACTED A FENCE POST. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REPOSITIONED BY THE CREW FROM THE CUSTOMS AREA TO THE MAIN TERMINAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED BY THE CREW AFTER THE PASSENGERS HAD DEPLANED TO CLEAR CUSTOMS. ON SITE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVELED A LACK OF RAMP MARKINGS IN FRONT OF THE CUSTOMS BUILDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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