# Incident 20001108028059I: Dhav DHC6300, Grand Canyon, AZ, November 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2000, 15:18 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OEZA
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&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
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,640 total, 792 in this make and model, 244 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001108028059I

## Narrative

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

(-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 POSITION BY THE RAMP AGENT, THE A/C STRUCK THE PORTABLE DEICE TOWER. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE A/C AND NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.

## 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 20000914027359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000914027359I), Sep 14, 2000: Dhav DHC6300 (N173GC), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-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…

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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