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FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Brookings, SD · August 23, 2006

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Date
August 23, 2006 · 06:52 local
Place
Brookings, SD
Airport
Brookings Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5371J
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total30 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N5371JRegistered now · Cessna 421BS/N 421B0921 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On 8/23/2006 at approximately 0652 local time the pilot and a company employee planned on departing Brookings, SD (bkx) to go to sioux falls, SD to pick up a passenger. This proposed flight was under CFR part 91. They taxied out with plans to use runway 12. As they taxied near the terminal area, the aircraft knocked down the safety cones and hit two lighted marker/barriers where some taxiway construction was being conducted. Both propellers were damaged. Debris from the props caused some damage to the right nose baggage door and below the baggage door. There was also a small hole punctured near the heater area on the right side of the nose. The right prop was damaged on three blades and the left prop had damage to two blades. The left cowl had minor damage and there was a small hole punctured on top of the left main fuel tank by the fuel cap area. No one was injured and the aircraft was towed back to the fixed base operator a short time later. The pilot was interviewed and he stated the windshield was fogged up and he did not see the barrier. He also stated he knew there was a NOTAM for the construction and taxiway closure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 8/23/2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 0652 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT AND A COMPANY EMPLOYEE PLANNED ON DEPARTING BROOKINGS, SD (BKX) TO GO TO SIOUX FALLS, SD TO PICK UP A PASSENGER. THIS PROPOSED FLIGHT WAS UNDER CFR PART 91. THEY TAXIED OUT WITH PLANS TO USE RUNWAY 12. AS THEY TAXIED NEAR THE TERMINAL AREA, THE AIRCRAFT KNOCKED DOWN THE SAFETY CONES AND HIT TWO LIGHTED MARKER/BARRIERS WHERE SOME TAXIWAY CONSTRUCTION WAS BEING CONDUCTED. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED. DEBRIS FROM THE PROPS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR AND BELOW THE BAGGAGE DOOR. THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL HOLE PUNCTURED NEAR THE HEATER AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE. THE RIGHT PROP WAS DAMAGED ON THREE BLADES AND THE LEFT PROP HAD DAMAGE TO TWO BLADES. THE LEFT COWL HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE PUNCTURED ON TOP OF THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK BY THE FUEL CAP AREA. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR A SHORT TIME LATER. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND HE STATED THE WINDSHIELD WAS FOGGED UP AND HE DID NOT SEE THE BARRIER. HE ALSO STATED HE KNEW THERE WAS A NOTAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND TAXIWAY CLOSURE.