# Incident 20081003848259I: Beech 200BEECH, Salt Lake City, UT, October 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2008, 20:45 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6684B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6684B-2019-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081003848259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 17, PILOT FELT A VIBRATION, TOLD ATC HE BELIEVED HE HAD SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE, REQUESTED TO RETURN AND LAND, RETURNED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.  DURING THE APPROACH THE PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME LIGHTS OUT, LEFT SIDE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17.  SLC AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ACCOMPLISHED A RUNWAY INSPECTION AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A BIRD STRIKE.  THE PILOT THEN CALLED THE TOWER BY PHONE, STATE THERE WAS PROPELLER DAMAGE AND SUGGESTED THE DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING TAXI.  SLC OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ACCOMPLISHED ANOTHER INSPECTION AND DISCOVERED A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT DAMAGED AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO 2 OF 3 BLADES ON THE LEFT PROPELLER.  THOSE BLADES SHED APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES OF THEIR TIPS, AS THE RESULT OF THEIR CONTACT WITH THE AIRPORT LIGHTING FIXTURES.

## Other reports on N6684B (1)

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

- [Incident 19981227042159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227042159I), Dec 27, 1998: Beech 200BEECH (N6684B), Weiser, ID, Minor damage. N6684B landed runway 12 at Weiser muni (S87) at approximately 1830 MST. On landing, the aircraft slid of the lift side of the runway, approximately 280 feet.…

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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