# Incident 20070215005409I: Cessna 208B, Portland, ME, February 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2007, 10:10 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N931FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070215005409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO ACTIVE RUNWAY. WHILE OPERATING IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA, THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A RUNWAY WARNING LIGHT (2 ALTERNATING FLASHING AMBER LIGHTS) AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT. CONTROL TOWER ADVISED PILOT OF OBSERVATION OF COLLISION AND PILOT RETURNED TO RAMP AREA. BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW-COVERED TAXIWAY, ALONG WITH THE REMAINS OF DE-ICING FLUID ON WINDSHIELD WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO PILOT'S DISORIENTATION.

## Other reports on N931FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19940202004099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940202004099I), Feb 2, 1994: Cessna 208B (N931FE), Manchester, NH, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02-02-94, 0642 local, at Manchester airport, Manchester, NH a Cessna 208B, N931FE, piloted by sam orndorff, ATP 1492181, had right engine cowl…

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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