# Incident 20040919023319I: Frchld F27F, Las Vegas, NV, September 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2004, 18:40 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B89M
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N366SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N366SB-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild F-27F (registry code 3373008, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-f-27f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-529 series (registry code 54507, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-529-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD F27F
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART5297H
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,065 total, 5,600 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040919023319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROWN FIELD IN SAN DIEGO AREA (SDM). ON ARRIVAL THERE WAS A WINDSTORM OUT OF THE SOUTH. THE COMPANY'S STANDARD PROCEDURE IS TO PULL STRAIGHT-IN IN TIGHT QUARTERS BETWEEN TWO HANGARS. ARRIVAL TIME WAS AT DUSK; DARK CONDITIONS PREVAILED, BUT NOT DARK ENOUGH TO TRIGGER HANGAR EXTERIOR LIGHTING. NO MOVEMENT/PARKING MARKS ARE PAINTED ON SURFACE IN THIS AREA. PIC MADE DECISION TO DO A NON-STANDARD RIGHT 180 DEGREE TURN SO AS TO PARK A/C INTO THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND. PORT ENGINE HAD BEEN SECURED AFTER LEAVING RUNWAY AS SOP FOR DEPLANING PASSENGER SAFETY. CREW WAS BEING MARSHALLED BY AN FBO EMPLOYEE WHO IS REPORTEDLY NOT TRAINED/QUALIFIED AS A MARSHALLER AND WHO WAS NOT USING LIGHTED WANDS. AS A/C WAS IN THE RIGHT TURN, PIC CREW WAS DISTRACTED BY CONCERN FOR SAFETY OF THE GROUND CREWMAN, AND BY THE NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR BRAKE PRESSURE GAUGE ON RIGHT SIDE OF COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING INTO THE OPERATING ENGINE, AND ARC WAS INSUFFICIENT. THE TIP OF PORT WING CONTACTED A CLOSED HANGAR DOOR. THE DAMAGE TO THE HANGAR DOOR WAS MINOR, CONSISTING OF A HORIZONTAL DENT AND ADJACENT PUNCTURE APPROX. 12' X 18'. DAMAGE TO TIP OF LEFT WING APPEARED TO BE SUPERFICIAL. ACCORDING TO A/W INSPECTOR, "DAMAGE INCLUDES LEFT HAND WING TIP AND FORWARD SPAR FROM WINTIP ATTACHMENT TO APPROXIMATELY 12" INBOARD OF WINGTIP. SKIN AND ASSOCIATED PLUMBING FOR FUEL VENT ALSO DAMAGED." THE A/C HAS UNDERGONE A STANDARD REPAIR IAW THE REPAIR MANUAL. NO 337 IS NECESSARY ACCORDING TO THE A/W INSPECTOR AND A LOCAL DER. PIC KRUEGER HAS MAILED PHOTOS OF THE OPEN WING AND DAMAGE DETAIL TO NTSB IN EFFORT TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.

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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