# Incident 20030706017959I: Bell 430, Block Island, RI, July 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2003, 16:50 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74RP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 430
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030706017959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE GROUND TAXIING TO POSITION FOR A PASSENGER PICK UP AT BID WENT BETWEEN TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT AND CONTACTED THE RUDDER OF A PILATUS (N571LT) DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE.

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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