# Incident 20090226010249I: Beech 1900C, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 26, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2009, 04:30 local time
- Place: Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XXDA
- Location: 17.7466° N, 64.7032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christiansted, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7466&lon=-64.7032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410MN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410MN-2014-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B (registry code 52115, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,088 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090226010249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE TAXIING INTO THE EAST CARGO RAMP AT SAINT CROIX, USVI AIRPORT (STX) AT APPROXIMATELY 4:05 AM LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK A STACK OF RUBBER PYLON CONES RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO LEFT PROPELLER (TORN OFF BLADE).  DUE TO VIBRATION LEFT ENGINE INCLUDING MOUNT WAS REPLACED.  NACELLE AREA NEED SOME REPAIRS DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY VIBRATIONS.

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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