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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402C · Nantucket, MA · March 5, 2008

Date
March 5, 2008 · 06:10 local
Place
Nantucket, MA
Airport
Nantucket Memorial
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
Z4HC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N810BW
Reported as
Cessna 402C
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,680 total1,000 in this make and model150 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 parking the aircraft, N810BW, at the Nantucket airport gate, after engine shut-down, the pilot stated that he experienced a wind gust and the aircraft immediately and abruptly nosed-up and came down hard resting on the tail. The tail stinger was completely destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PARKING THE AIRCRAFT, N810BW, AT THE NANTUCKET AIRPORT GATE, AFTER ENGINE SHUT-DOWN, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY AND ABRUPTLY NOSED-UP AND CAME DOWN HARD RESTING ON THE TAIL. THE TAIL STINGER WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.