# Incident 20040930026219I: Swrngn SA227AT, Pittsburgh, PA, September 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2004, 02:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N247DH-2023-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AT (registry code 3377510, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,250 total, 4,900 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040930026219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HIT CONSTRUCTION CONES WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO PARKING AREA. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT PILOT WAS INADVERTENTLY DIRECTED BY MARSHALLER TO PARK HIS AIRCRAFT IN AN AREA WHERE A SAFETY CONE WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE MARSHALLER. THE CONE WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT PROPELLER FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT PROPELLER. BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS WERE REPLACED. SUBMISSION OF THIS FORM CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N247DH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20221115020699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221115020699A), Nov 15, 2022: Fairchild SA227-AT (N247DH), Pewaukee, WI, Substantial damage. On November 15, 2022 at approximately 09:05 local time, aircraft [privacy data omitted], a swearingen metro SA227 aircraft, on a part 135 cargo flight on an…

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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