# Incident 20000914027359I: Dhav DHC6300, Las Vegas, NV, September 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2000, 15:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OEZA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173GC-2026-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (registry code 2802630, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,450 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000914027359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)WHILE TAXING BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF PARKED AIRCRAFT, THE LEFT WING PASSED OVER A PARKED SENECA II'S RUDDER BUT THE LEFT FLAP HINGE, WHICH EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES LOWER THAN THE WING, STRUCK THE FIBERGLASS CROWN OF THE PARKED SENECA'S RUDDER CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE DHC-6-300 AND SLIGHTLY DAMAGING THE RUDDER OF THE SENECA.

## Other reports on N173GC (2)

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

- [Incident 20241213019219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241213019219I), Dec 13, 2024: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (N173GC), South Burlingto, VT, Minor damage. On 12/13/2024 at approximately 0933EST, a 1970 Dehavilland DHC-6-300, being operated by [privacy data omitted], a 14 CFR part 135 certficate holder operating a…
- [Incident 20001108028059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001108028059I), Nov 8, 2000: Dhav DHC6300 (N173GC), Grand Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) The a/c was taxiing to the end of the parking row. There was a portable deicing tower at the end of the parking row. As the captain was guided into…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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