# Incident 20001018031679I: Swrngn SA227AC, Sioux Falls, SD, October 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2000, 06:30 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A7MA
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434MA-2009-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001018031679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN ALL CARGO OPERATION. THE LOADED METROLINER (SA-227) BEGAN TAXI ON A DARK RAMP AND HIT A PARKED CHEROKEE ARROW (PA-28R-180).  THE NOSE OF THE METROLINER STRUCK THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW OF THE ARROW.  THE ARROW RECEIVED BROKEN PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW , CRAKED WINDSCREEN, AND SKIN DAMAGE.  THE METROLINER'S RADOME WAS CRACKED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N434MA (2)

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

- [Incident 20061123030089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061123030089I), Nov 23, 2006: Swrngn SA227AC (N434MA), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Flight was cleared to taxi for takeoff on runway 10R. The pilot in command chose to taxi to C2 and then to join taxiway c to runway 10R. From his…
- [Incident 19960706024869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706024869I), Jul 6, 1996: Swrngn SA227AC (N434MA), Lincoln, NE. Narrative: N434MA, SA-227-AC, being operated as mesaba airlines, inc., flight 3049, departed Lincoln, NE enroute to minneapolis, MN when a cargo door warning…

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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