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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · Moline, IL · September 10, 2003

Date: September 10, 2003 · 10:41 local
Place: Moline, IL
Airport: Quad-City
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N200PU
Reported as: Beech B200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,600 total1,800 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot-in-command had a multiengine rated second pilot aboard this airplane that did not, however, require a second pilot. Purdue university, owner of the airplane, used the airplane in orientation flights that allowed inexperienced pilots--but rated--to act as a second-in-command might act. Upon start of taxiing, the PIC asked the SIC if the right wingtip would clear a fuel truck. The SIC response in the affirmative. The wingtip did not clear the fuel truck. The taxi was terminated and the airplane remained on the ground until repairs to the wingtip were made.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND HAD A MULTIENGINE RATED SECOND PILOT ABOARD THIS AIRPLANE THAT DID NOT, HOWEVER, REQUIRE A SECOND PILOT. PURDUE UNIVERSITY, OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE, USED THE AIRPLANE IN ORIENTATION FLIGHTS THAT ALLOWED INEXPERIENCED PILOTS--BUT RATED--TO ACT AS A SECOND-IN-COMMAND MIGHT ACT. UPON START OF TAXIING, THE PIC ASKED THE SIC IF THE RIGHT WINGTIP WOULD CLEAR A FUEL TRUCK. THE SIC RESPONSE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE WINGTIP DID NOT CLEAR THE FUEL TRUCK. THE TAXI WAS TERMINATED AND THE AIRPLANE REMAINED ON THE GROUND UNTIL REPAIRS TO THE WINGTIP WERE MADE.