# Incident 20010830028259I: Cessna 208B, Newark, NJ, August 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2001, 03:39 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N935FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N935FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010830028259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0320 LOCAL TIME THE PIC OF FEDX FLT 280, A CARAVAN, N-935FE OPERATED BY WIGGINS AIRWAYS BEING PILOTED BY PIC CPT MAURICE ELLIS ATP CERTIFICATE NO. 213840640, WHILE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A GROUND MARSHALER TAXIIED INTO A FIRE BOTTLE AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER OF THE CE-208 (CARAVAN). THE PILOT CLAIMS HE INSTRUCTED THE GROUND PERSON TO REMOVE THE BOTTLE AND TO GUIDE HIM OUT OF THE PARKING AREA, THERE WERE 2 OTHER AIRCRAFT HE HAD TO GO BETWEEN TO GET OFF THE RAMP. DOM DILEO AND I WERE TOLD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT/ACCIDENT ON FRI SEPT. 7, 2001. ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITION OF AN ACCIDENT VS AN INCIDENT THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.

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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