# Incident 20070130002799I: Casa C212200, Bethel, AK, January 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2007, 14:04 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UATA
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CASA C212200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,615 total, 7,431 in this make and model, 279 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070130002799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 30, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:04 PM, ALASKA STANDARD TIME, AIRCRAFT, CASA 212, N287MA, OPERATED UNDER PART 135 BY ARCTIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (ATS), EXPERIENCED GROUND CONTACT WITH THE LEFT WING TIP WHILE EXITING RUNWAY 11 IN BETHEL, ALASKA. THERE WERE TWO CREWMEN ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO BETHEL FROM HOOPER BAY, ALASKA. ATS DELIVERED THEIR CARGO IN HOOOPER BAY AND ON RETURN TO BETHEL WERE CLEARED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO LAND RUNWAY 36 WITH WINDS AT 060 AND 27 KNOTS. TWO MILES OUT A WIND REPORT WAS GIVEN FAVORING RUNWAY 11, WITH WINDS 090 AT 40 KNOTS. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 11, THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE INTENDED WEST RAMP HAD STANDING WATER ON ICE SURFACE, THE CREW REQUESTED TAXIWAY "F". AS THEY STARTED THEIR TURN INTO THE TAXIWAY, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LEAN TO THE LEFT AND THE WIND RAISED THE RIGHT SIDE WING AND THE LEFT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PROPELLER CLEARED THE GROUND. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINES. A STATE VEHICLE CAME TO THEIR ASSISTANCE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPRIGHT, PILOT TURNED INTO THE WIND AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY F AND RUNWAY 11 AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY. PILOT NOTIFIED GROUND CONTROL AFTER THEY WERE CLEAR OF RUNWAY THAT THEY WOULD SHUT DOWN ENGINES IN ORDER TO ADD WEIGHT TO AIRCRAFT. THE COMPANY GROUND CREW ARRIVED AND LOADED 4900 POUNDS OF WEIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ITS ENGINES AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT'S APPROXIMATE LANDING WEIGHT WAS 12692 POUNDS WITH 250 POUNDS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING AND 300 POUNDS FUEL IN THE LEFT WING. PART OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION INITIATED BY THE COMMUTER, ATS, WAS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (DOP) COUNSELED THE AIRMEN. IN ADDITION, THE PILOT WAS REASSIGNED TO CO-PILOT ON THE CASA-212 AND WILL FLY WITH THE DOP.

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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