20091226052729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 300 · Sioux City, IA · December 26, 2009

Date: December 26, 2009 · 17:30 local
Place: Sioux City, IA
Airport: Sioux City
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N566KA
Reported as: Beech 300
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,968 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N566KARegistered now · Beech 300S/N FA-201 · Built 1989 Airframe modelBeech 300 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was taxiing on the non-movement area of the ramp at a slow taxi speed with the propellers in the feathered position. The aircraft began to slide on the icy ramp as the aircraft taxiied toward a hangar. The pilot applied corrective actions via aircraft controls and braking. The aircraft continued to slide due to gusty winds and a lack of braking action. The right wingtip contacted a fuel barrel causing damage to the wingtip and aileron.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA OF THE RAMP AT A SLOW TAXI SPEED WITH THE PROPELLERS IN THE FEATHERED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE ON THE ICY RAMP AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIIED TOWARD A HANGAR. THE PILOT APPLIED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS VIA AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AND BRAKING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND A LACK OF BRAKING ACTION. THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED A FUEL BARREL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIP AND AILERON.