# Accident 20081230853799A: Beech G35, Chattanooga, TN, December 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2008, 18:05 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0353° N, 85.2036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0353&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400SC-2010-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081230853799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD LANDED AT CHA ON RWY 20.  HE MADE A LEFT TURN OFF THE ACTIVE RWY.  HE WAS TAXIING TOWARD HIS T-HANGER (#21) WHEN HIS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) STRUCK A HELICOPTER DOLLY PARKED IN A MARKED LOCATION AT THE EDGE OF A TAXIWAY.  THE IMPACT DAMGED THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT MLG, CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE EDGE OF THE DOLLY.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA117), Dec 30, 2008: Beech G35 (N400SC), Chattanooga, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid the marked helicopter dolly. Contributing to the accident were the dark night conditions.

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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