20080209010049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T · San Francisco, CA · February 9, 2008

Date
February 9, 2008 · 19:00 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
XPCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N111KV
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A60A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,100 total20 in this make and model100 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) While taxiing clear of runway, passengers noted a "tick" sound and notified pilot. Pilot, unaware of anything unusual, taxied aircraft to parking. Post-flight inspection of aircraft did not reveal any damage. Aircraft departed ksfo with uneventful flight to krno. After arriving in krno, relief pilot inspected aircraft with no discrepancies observed. No further flight occurred with aircraft remaining in krno for duration of night. During routine inspection the following day, maintenance personnel found propeller damage on aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING CLEAR OF RUNWAY, PASSENGERS NOTED A "TICK" SOUND AND NOTIFIED PILOT. PILOT, UNAWARE OF ANYTHING UNUSUAL, TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO PARKING. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSFO WITH UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TO KRNO. AFTER ARRIVING IN KRNO, RELIEF PILOT INSPECTED AIRCRAFT WITH NO DISCREPANCIES OBSERVED. NO FURTHER FLIGHT OCCURRED WITH AIRCRAFT REMAINING IN KRNO FOR DURATION OF NIGHT. DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION THE FOLLOWING DAY, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND PROPELLER DAMAGE ON AIRCRAFT.