# Incident 20051012023839I: Cessna 402C, Boston, MA, October 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2005, 08:45 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N106CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,590 total, 717 in this make and model, 289 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051012023839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CAPE AIR, FLIGHT #702, N106CA, CE-402-C, 10/12/05, WHILE PARKING THE AIRCRAFT AT TERMINAL C IN BOSTON, HAD THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT A BAGGAGE CHUTE IN THEIR RAMP AREA AT 08:45. THERE WERE TWO RAMP AGENTS ASSISTING THE PARKING. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WING TIP GAVE THUMBS UP TO THE PILOT INDICATING THAT HE WAS CLEAR OF THE OBSTRUCTION. THE PILOT THEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE RAMP AGENT ON THE LEFT WHO WAS DIRECTING HIM TO TURN LEFT INTO THE PARKING SPOT. AS HE STARTED TO TURN LEFT THE RIGHT WING HIT THE BAGGAGE CHUTE. INSPECTORS STATEMENT: THIS INCIDENT WAS "NOT" REPORTED TO MASSPORT, STATE POLICE OR THE FAA AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS OFFICE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA O^ OF MASSPORT FIRE RESCUE (AT 15:45) WHO SAW SOMEONE (CAPE AIR MX) APPLYING SPEED TAPE TO THE WING TIP LATER IN THE DAY. AFTER TALKING TO ^PRIVACY DATA ^ OF CAPE AIR MAINTENANCE HE STATED "THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP, STROBE, AND NAVIGATION LIGHT APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES OF WING TIP WAS DAMAGED." THIS INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THE NEW ENGLAND REGION OPERATIONS CENTER. AS IT TURNED OUT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT OF THE WING TIP DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N106CA (1)

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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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