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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-42-1000 · Las Vegas, NV · February 3, 2000

Date: February 3, 2000 · 18:06 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: Mc Carran International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N144PL
Reported as: Piper PA421000
Reported engine: Garrett TPE33114
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,711 total1,230 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N144PLRegistered now · Piper PA-42-1000S/N 42-5527014 · Built 1984 Airframe modelPiper PA-42-1000 Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The subject aircraft, a Piper cheyenne turboprop, landed on pwy 19R at mccarran int'l airport, exited at taxiway tango and proceeded northbound first on taxiway foxtrot, then on taxiway hotel. A traffic watch Cessna N6263G, landed behind the cheyenne on the same runway, and exited much shorter at taxiway November. Each aircraft was bound for the same point, executive air terminal. As the Cessna joined parallel taxiway hotel, it was sturck immediately from behind by the cheyenne, the turboprop's right tip tank contacting the Cessna on the inboard end of the left aileron. The aileron was destroyed, the upper and lower wingskins buckled locally, and the aft spar deformed and depressed. Damage to the cheyenne was limited to the right recognition light, installed centrally in the nose of the tiptank. It had popped through the metal nosecone that normally retains it. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT, A PIPER CHEYENNE TURBOPROP, LANDED ON PWY 19R AT MCCARRAN INT'L AIRPORT, EXITED AT TAXIWAY TANGO AND PROCEEDED NORTHBOUND FIRST ON TAXIWAY FOXTROT, THEN ON TAXIWAY HOTEL. A TRAFFIC WATCH CESSNA N6263G, LANDED BEHIND THE CHEYENNE ON THE SAME RUNWAY, AND EXITED MUCH SHORTER AT TAXIWAY NOVEMBER. EACH AIRCRAFT WAS BOUND FOR THE SAME POINT, EXECUTIVE AIR TERMINAL. AS THE CESSNA JOINED PARALLEL TAXIWAY HOTEL, IT WAS STURCK IMMEDIATELY FROM BEHIND BY THE CHEYENNE, THE TURBOPROP'S RIGHT TIP TANK CONTACTING THE CESSNA ON THE INBOARD END OF THE LEFT AILERON. THE AILERON WAS DESTROYED, THE UPPER AND LOWER WINGSKINS BUCKLED LOCALLY, AND THE AFT SPAR DEFORMED AND DEPRESSED. DAMAGE TO THE CHEYENNE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT RECOGNITION LIGHT, INSTALLED CENTRALLY IN THE NOSE OF THE TIPTANK. IT HAD POPPED THROUGH THE METAL NOSECONE THAT NORMALLY RETAINS IT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.