19981218043229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-6-200 · Zephyrhills, FL · December 18, 1998

Date
December 18, 1998 · 17:00 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123FX
Reported as
Dhav DHC6200
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total320 in this make and model120 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)After takeoff from runway 18, the pilot turned and banked to the east, made a low pass across sky dive city's jump zone. With the aircraft in a banked position, the left wing tip struck a mock-up bench approximately 5 feet above the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18, THE PILOT TURNED AND BANKED TO THE EAST, MADE A LOW PASS ACROSS SKY DIVE CITY'S JUMP ZONE. WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A BANKED POSITION, THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A MOCK-UP BENCH APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

Other reports on N123FX · 4

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