20071106829029I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Raythn 390 · Lexington, KY · November 6, 2007

Date
November 6, 2007 · 15:12 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Airport
Blue Grass
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71KV
Reported as
Raythn 390
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,619 total1,212 in this make and model96 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 11/06/2007, the pilot of N71KV while taxiing for take-off allowed the aircraft's t-tail to come into contact with the seam of the hangar door damaging the elevator and horizontal stabilizer and removing a static wick which landed in the Grass next to a dumpster next to the hangar. The pilot then proceeded to the runway where he made a take-off and the portion of the elevator that had been damaged by the hangar door flew off somewhere on or after rotation and landed in the Grass to the south of runway 4/22 at A5 intersection. Static wick, also from the elevator, landed and stuck in one of the runway groves around the same intersection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 11/06/2007, THE PILOT OF N71KV WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT'S T-TAIL TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SEAM OF THE HANGAR DOOR DAMAGING THE ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND REMOVING A STATIC WICK WHICH LANDED IN THE GRASS NEXT TO A DUMPSTER NEXT TO THE HANGAR. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE RUNWAY WHERE HE MADE A TAKE-OFF AND THE PORTION OF THE ELEVATOR THAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY THE HANGAR DOOR FLEW OFF SOMEWHERE ON OR AFTER ROTATION AND LANDED IN THE GRASS TO THE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 4/22 AT A5 INTERSECTION. STATIC WICK, ALSO FROM THE ELEVATOR, LANDED AND STUCK IN ONE OF THE RUNWAY GROVES AROUND THE SAME INTERSECTION.