# Incident 20040924021919I: Boeing A75N1, Hopkinsville, KY, September 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2004, 15:20 local time
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Airport: Hopkinsville-Christian County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8570° N, 87.4551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY (HVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8570&lon=-87.4551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985SS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,123 total, 44 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040924021919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT COMPLETED A PLEASURE FLIGHT THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS FOR MAINTAINING CURRENCY. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT TURN OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXIWAY. THE RIGHT WINGTIPS BEGAN TO RISE. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND FULL LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN A LEFT TURN, COMPLETING A 360 DEGREE TURN. IN THE TURN, THE RIGHT LOWER WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LOWER AILERON, AILERON TRIM BRACKET, AND WINGTIP ONLY.

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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