# Incident 20080410013639I: Cessna 208B, Albuquerque, NM, April 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2008, 19:10 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Sunport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RNVA
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308PW-2017-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A (registry code 52257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 550 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080410013639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/10/08, AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 MDT, N308PW, A CESSNA CE-208-B, A CARVAN, WAS TAXIING TO PARKING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT BECAME BLINDED BY THE SUN AND MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED A YELLOW CONCRETE BARRIER AS THE TAXI LINE. PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT ONTO BARRIER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE CARGO POD. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OF TWO OR THE EIGHT PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED BY PACIFIC WINGS D/B/A NEW MEXICO AIRLINES (RNVA022A) AS A 14 CFR 135 SCHEDULED COMMUTER.

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