# Incident 20080810843599I: Beech A36, Phoenix, AZ, August 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8003R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8003R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080810843599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PHX AND TAXIED TO THE PARKING AREA AT CUTTER AVIATION, FOLLOWING THE "FOLLOW ME" VEHICLE.  FOLLOWING ENGINE SHUT DOWN, THE LINE ATTENDANT ASKED THE OCCUPANTS IF ANY SERVICES WOULD BE NEEDED.  THE OCCUPANTS RESPONDED IN THE NEGATIVE AND THE LINE ATTENDANT LEFT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE OCCUPANTS THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE OCCUPANTS RETRIEVED WATER FROM THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AND THEN RE-ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT.  FOLLOWING ENGINE START, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED FOR DEPARTURE.  PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE PROPELLER WOULD NOT CYCLE PROPERLY.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CUTTER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAXIED OVER AN ORANGE PARKING CONE THAT HAD BEEN PLACED IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  STRIKING THE CONE DAMAGED THE PROP AND ENGINE REQUIRING THE PROP AND ENGINE TO BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER ACTION IAW MANUFACTURER'S GUIDANCE.  THE CONE HAD NOT BEEN DISCOVERED PRIOR TO TAXI BECAUSE NEITHER PILOT HAD PERFORMED AN ADEQUATE WALK-AROUND PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.  ATTACHED ARE STATEMENTS FROM BOTH PILOTS AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AS WELL AS AN EMPLOYEE OF CUTTER AVIATION.

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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