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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Gilbertsville, KY · February 23, 2004

Date: February 23, 2004 · 20:40 local
Place: Gilbertsville, KY
Airport: Kentucky Dam State Park Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N377P
Reported as: Beech C90
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0

N377PRegistered now · Beech C90S/N LJ-1087 · Built 1984 Airframe modelBeech C90

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) During taxi back to the parking spot the pilot felt as if he ran over a speed bump and then thought he heard a difference in the sound of the props. After parking the aircraft the pilot performed a walk around and discovered two bent blades on the left prop. He also noticed blood on the blades and realized he had hit something. Walking back to the spot where it felt he ran over a speed bump, he noticed the remains of a freshly killed deer 73 feet off the left side which would coincide with the damage to the left prop. Weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAXI BACK TO THE PARKING SPOT THE PILOT FELT AS IF HE RAN OVER A SPEED BUMP AND THEN THOUGHT HE HEARD A DIFFERENCE IN THE SOUND OF THE PROPS. AFTER PARKING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT PERFORMED A WALK AROUND AND DISCOVERED TWO BENT BLADES ON THE LEFT PROP. HE ALSO NOTICED BLOOD ON THE BLADES AND REALIZED HE HAD HIT SOMETHING. WALKING BACK TO THE SPOT WHERE IT FELT HE RAN OVER A SPEED BUMP, HE NOTICED THE REMAINS OF A FRESHLY KILLED DEER 73 FEET OFF THE LEFT SIDE WHICH WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROP. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.