# Incident 20060823028429I: Cessna 421B, Brookings, SD, August 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2006, 06:52 local time
- Place: Brookings, SD
- Airport: Brookings Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3045° N, 96.8189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKINGS RGNL (BKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3045&lon=-96.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5371J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5371J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060823028429I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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