# Incident 20080830844789I: Cessna 402C, Boston, MA, August 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2008
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161TA-2020-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 340 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080830844789I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO THE RAMP THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STRUCK A PARKED CAPE AIR AIRCRAFT, SCRAPING THE LOWER SIDE OF THE LEFT ELEVATOR.  THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO 5 VORTEX GENERATORS LOCATED ON THE TOP SIDE, OUTBOARD END, OF THE LEFT WING.  THE PARKED AIRCRAFT INCURRED NO DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGE FOUND.

## Other reports on N161TA (2)

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

- [Accident 19910808032679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910808032679A), Aug 8, 1991: Cessna 402C (N161TA), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Collided with an elk on the runway on takeoff roll. Aborted safely.
- [Incident 19890109006099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890109006099I), Jan 9, 1989: Cessna 402CESSNA (N161TA), Las Vegas, NV. Oil on cowling of right engine. Shut down and feathered. After landing found turbocharger scavenge pump had failed.

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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