# Incident 20011027030719I: Cessna 402C, Providence, RI, October 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2001, 09:05 local time
- Place: Providence, RI
- Airport: Theodore Francis Green State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.8231° N, 71.4188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Providence, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8231&lon=-71.4188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 2,136 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011027030719I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19881216065381I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216065381I), Dec 16, 1988: Cessna 402C (N120PC), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. While repositioning aircraft, pilot struck the tail of another aircraft, N67854, that was holding short of runway.

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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