# Incident 20020517018099I: Dhav DHC8102, Washington, DC, May 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Ronald Reagan Washington Natl
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 38.8521° N, 77.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8521&lon=-77.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N833EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N833EX-2006-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-106 (registry code 2809020, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 34
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,900 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517018099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PARKING RAMP IN THE WRONG AREA AND TRIED TO TAXI IN BETWEEN TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT. RAMP PERSONNEL INITIALLY STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND TRIED TO SIGNAL THE PILOT TO GO BACK OUT AND COME INTO PARKING THE THE ESTABLISHED WAY. A MISCOMMUNICATION MUST HAVE OCCURRED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO BETWEEN THE TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT WHEN HIS LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE TAIL SECTION OF THE PARKED COMPANY AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL. NOTE: THERE WAS AN OLD YELLOW TAXIWAY LINE THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY THE PILOT WAS CONFUSED. THIS LINE HAS BEEN BLACKED OUT AND THE PARKING SPOT OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS DAMAGED HAS BEEN ELIMINATED HOPEFULLY LESSONING THE CHANCE OF A REOCCURRENCE OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N833EX (3)

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

- [Incident 19990703023589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990703023589I), Jul 3, 1999: Dhav DHC8102 (N833EX), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On Saturday, July 3, 1999, at 1520 EDT, a Dehavilland dash 8, N833EX, s/n 282, operated by allegheny airlines, inc., shortly after rotation the spoiler…
- [Incident 19981231042829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981231042829I), Dec 31, 1998: Dhav DHC8102 (N833EX), State College, PA. (-5) DHC-8, N833EX, flight 3615, experienced a cracked pilots side window while enroute. The window cracked from top to bottom on the outer pane.
- [Incident 19981202042839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981202042839I), Dec 2, 1998: Dhav DHC8102 (N833EX), Ithaca, NY. (-5) On 12/2/98 at 1116 EST, a Dehavilland DHC-8, N833EX, operated by allegheny airlines, aborted its start-up after the flight crew noted smoke at the right…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.