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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402C · Providence, RI · October 27, 2001

Date: October 27, 2001 · 09:05 local
Place: Providence, RI
Airport: Theodore Francis Green State
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HYIA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N120PC
Reported as: Cessna 402C
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,800 total2,136 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

N120PCRegistered now · Cessna 402CS/N 402C0079 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 402C Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) N120PC, Saturday 10/27/01, cape air, flt 1016, C402, on departure from Providence runway 16 struck a bird at 500 feet. Aircraft returned to land runway 23L at 0905 EDT 10/27/01. Damage was reported to the tail (vertical stabilizer) of the aircraft. The damage consisted an approximately ten-inch by ten-inch hole in the lower part of the vertical stabilizer. One rib was affected but no damage to the spar. Cape air mx installed a temporary patch on Saturday, and the aircraft was ferried back to hyannis on Saturday afternoon where permanent repairs could be made. A ferry permit was issued on Saturday, 10/27/01.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N120PC, SATURDAY 10/27/01, CAPE AIR, FLT 1016, C402, ON DEPARTURE FROM PROVIDENCE RUNWAY 16 STRUCK A BIRD AT 500 FEET. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAND RUNWAY 23L AT 0905 EDT 10/27/01. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE TAIL (VERTICAL STABILIZER) OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED AN APPROXIMATELY TEN-INCH BY TEN-INCH HOLE IN THE LOWER PART OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. ONE RIB WAS AFFECTED BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE SPAR. CAPE AIR MX INSTALLED A TEMPORARY PATCH ON SATURDAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO HYANNIS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHERE PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. A FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED ON SATURDAY, 10/27/01.

Other reports on N120PC · 1

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

Incident 19881216065381IOther Ground Ops · Miami, FLWhile repositioning aircraft, pilot struck the tail of another aircraft, N67854, that was holding short of runway.Dec 16, 1988 · Substantial damage