# Incident 20011226036969I: Beech C90, West Palm Beach, FL, December 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2001, 20:20 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JFAA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N152WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,800 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011226036969I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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