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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Philadelphia, PA · December 25, 1998

Date: December 25, 1998 · 08:55 local
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Airport: Philadelphia International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MASA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N109ZV
Reported as: Beech 1900D
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total1,900 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

N109ZVRegistration cancelled Jun 20, 2002 · Beech 1900DS/N UE-109 · Built 1994 Airframe modelBeech 1900D Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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) Aircraft departed parking ramp on scheduled commuter flight to reading, PA. Two aircraft marshallers accompanied the aircraft which was taxing slowly when it slid on a glassy ice sheet. Aircraft slid sideways. The left propeller then struck a parked tug and baggage cart. Two prop blades separated from the left engine. There were no injuries. The aircraft received damage to the engine, prop and fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PARKING RAMP ON SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT TO READING, PA. TWO AIRCRAFT MARSHALLERS ACCOMPANIED THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS TAXING SLOWLY WHEN IT SLID ON A GLASSY ICE SHEET. AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS. THE LEFT PROPELLER THEN STRUCK A PARKED TUG AND BAGGAGE CART. TWO PROP BLADES SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, PROP AND FUSELAGE.