20011226036969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · West Palm Beach, FL · December 26, 2001

Date
December 26, 2001 · 20:20 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JFAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N152WW
Reported as
Beech C90
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,800 total4,000 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot cleared 27R and taxied onto 1B to this terminal. Distraction from a passenger caused pilot to momentarily look to the right, and left prop tip hit a runway light at int. Of 13/27R, causing damage to one blade tip. Pilot notified tower and his ops. He waited for pbi ops to make arrival at his office.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT CLEARED 27R AND TAXIED ONTO 1B TO THIS TERMINAL. DISTRACTION FROM A PASSENGER CAUSED PILOT TO MOMENTARILY LOOK TO THE RIGHT, AND LEFT PROP TIP HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT AT INT. OF 13/27R, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE TIP. PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER AND HIS OPS. HE WAITED FOR PBI OPS TO MAKE ARRIVAL AT HIS OFFICE.