# Incident 20080130011699I: Cessna 208B, Manchester, NH, January 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2008, 16:28 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Manchester
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N959FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N959FE) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080130011699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS OFFICE NOTIFIED BY NEW ENGLAND AREA OPERATIONS CENTER THAT: "N959FE, CE-208, WHILE PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE RUNUP, MANCHESTER, NH TAXIWAY HOTEL, WIND BLEW AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS WING AT 1628 EST, 1/30/08. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURY." THIS INSPECTOR INFORMED BY CHIEF INSPECTOR FROM WIGGINS AIRWAYS THAT AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT BACK TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR WHEN WIND GUST PICKED UP AND AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OVER ON ITS RIGHT WING. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER. NOTIFIED WIGGINS PMI AND POI.

## Other reports on N959FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20020326019479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020326019479I), Mar 26, 2002: Cessna 208B (N959FE), Williamsport, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. J. Brakvatne was scheduled to operate wiggins flight 7466 from ipt (Williamsport) to MDT (middletown) on March 26, 2002. The weather at ipt was 1400…

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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