19991004028859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Washington, DC · October 4, 1999

Date: October 4, 1999 · 09:30 local
Place: Washington, DC
Airport: Dulles International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: BUWA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N427DM
Reported as: Beech C90
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total80 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N427DMRegistered now · Beech C90S/N LJ804 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBeech C90 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.

(-23) N427DM was being marshalled out of a tight parking space at signature FBO at iad between a Learjet and a falcon 900 with a marshaller in front and a wingwalkter on each wing. N427DM'S right wing impacted the nose of the falcon. The pilot was wtaching the left wing, answering a radio call and observed the wingwalker on the right displaying the thumbs up sign. N427DM and the falcon both sustained minor damage. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N427DM WAS BEING MARSHALLED OUT OF A TIGHT PARKING SPACE AT SIGNATURE FBO AT IAD BETWEEN A LEARJET AND A FALCON 900 WITH A MARSHALLER IN FRONT AND A WINGWALKTER ON EACH WING. N427DM'S RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE NOSE OF THE FALCON. THE PILOT WAS WTACHING THE LEFT WING, ANSWERING A RADIO CALL AND OBSERVED THE WINGWALKER ON THE RIGHT DISPLAYING THE THUMBS UP SIGN. N427DM AND THE FALCON BOTH SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.