# Incident 20081213854439I: Cessna 208B, Louisville, KY, December 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2008, 04:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International-Standiford Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DPUA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N279PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N279PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (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: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081213854439I

## Narrative

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

AFTER BEING DE-ICED AND GETTING MY CLEARANCE I GOT AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS).  I CALLED GROUND CONTROL AND BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD FROM RAMP 4 SPOT 1 WITH THE HELP OF A UPS MARSHALER.  THE WIND SCREEN BECAME BLURRY UNDER THE ICE PLATE WITH DE-ICE FLUID AND FORWARD VISIBILITY BECAME PARTIALLY OBSCURED SO I FOLLOWED THE MARSHALER’S DIRECTION OUT OF THE RAMP AND DIDN’T NOTICE IF HE DID OR DIDN’T INDICATE ME TO TURN AS HE SAID HE DID AND I TAXIED ACROSS THE TRAFFIC LANE INTO THE FIRST TAXI LIGHT STRIKING IT WITH MY PROPELLER.  AFTER THAT I TOLD GROUND CONTROL THAT I NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE RAMP AND WAS CLEARED TO DO SUCH.  AFTER PARKING THE PLANE I NOTICED I NOTICED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE OF THE PROP.

## Other reports on N279PM (1)

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

- [Incident 20161012024711I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161012024711I), Oct 12, 2016: Cessna 208B (N279PM), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at approximately 2034 central daylight time (0134 universal coordinated time), the airman, holder of an airline transport pilot…

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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