# Incident 20070502007259I: Piper PA31T2, Fairbanks, AK, May 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2007, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WVBA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N767DM-2022-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T2 (registry code 7103127, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 650 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070502007259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05-02-07 AT 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N767DM TAXIED INTO A GROUND BATTERY CART. THE PILOT FAILED TO SEE THE AUXILIARY BATTERY CART IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT AND IMPACTED THE BATTERY CART WITH THE RIGHT PROPELLER. (-23 AMENDMENT) CURRENT COMPANY POLICY STATES A MECHANIC OR THE EMT ON BOARD WILL REMOVE THE CART AFTER STARTUP. THE EMT GOT ON BOARD THINKING A MECHANIC WOULD COME OUT AND DISCONNECT THE CART AFTER STARTUP. THE PILOT THOUGHT THE EMT DISCONNECTED THE CART SO HE CONDUCTED A NORMAL AIRCRAFT BATER START.

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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