19981209042289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bac 111* · Sacramento, CA · December 9, 1998

Date: December 9, 1998 · 23:20 local
Place: Sacramento, CA
Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Part 125 operator
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N490ST
Reported as: Bac 111*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,500 total2,300 in this make and model70 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.

(-5) While taxiing from parking area the aircrafts right wing struck the nose cone of a parked and unoccupied AMD-50 aircraft. Damage to the parked aircraft was a dent in the nose cone aft of the radome. Damage to taxing aircraft consisted of broken position lite cover, cracked and torn skin on lower section of wing tip. Crack is 6 inches long. An employee of the departments of airports with lighted wand was standing at the nose of the AMD-50 aircraft. The employee stated that he signaled the pilot in the aircraft to stop, pilot stated he did not see the stop signal.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) WHILE TAXIING FROM PARKING AREA THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WING STRUCK THE NOSE CONE OF A PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED AMD-50 AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO THE PARKED AIRCRAFT WAS A DENT IN THE NOSE CONE AFT OF THE RADOME. DAMAGE TO TAXING AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BROKEN POSITION LITE COVER, CRACKED AND TORN SKIN ON LOWER SECTION OF WING TIP. CRACK IS 6 INCHES LONG. AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF AIRPORTS WITH LIGHTED WAND WAS STANDING AT THE NOSE OF THE AMD-50 AIRCRAFT. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE SIGNALED THE PILOT IN THE AIRCRAFT TO STOP, PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE STOP SIGNAL.