# Incident 20100315029239I: Cessna C402, Vinyard Haven, MA, March 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2010, 20:22 local time
- Place: Vinyard Haven, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N524CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N524CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C402
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100315029239I

## Narrative

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

CAPE AIR FLIGHT 317 DEPARTED BOS AT 1935 TO MVY. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MVY AT 2022 ON RUNWAY 6 AFTER EXICUTING THE VOR 6 APPROACH. THE TOWER WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS IMC WIND 04017G28 2 1/2SM -RA BR OVC008. CAPTIAN STATED THAT HE NORMALLY TURNS OFF ON TAXI WAY "C" BUT DUE TO THE GUSTY CONDITIONS HE ELECTED TO TAKE HIS TIME AND TURNED OFF ON RUNWAY 15 AND THEN MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO TAXI WAY "A".  ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS MAKING THE TURN ONTO THE TAXI WAY HE HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HAD STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT AS IT WAS BEING BLOWN ACROSS THE RAMP. HE STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A METAL CLIPBOARD SUCH AS THE ONE CARRIED ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THEY SOME TIMES RATTLE. HE STATE THAT HE HAD ALL THE LANDING LIGHTS ON AT THE TIME DUE TO THE POOR VISIBILITY.  HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND CHECKED THAT HIS PASSENGERS WERE OK. CHECKED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND ALL WAS NORMAL. EVERYTHING APPEARING NORMAL, HE CONTINUED TAXING TO THE RAMP AND NOTED NOTHING OUT THE ORDINARY. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY CENTERLINE.AFTER DEPLANING HIS PASSENGERS HE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND PROPELLER.AIRPORT OPERATIONS ESCORTED HIM TO THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 15 AND TAXI WAY "A" AND HE OBSERVED ONE RUNWAY LIGHT AT THE END OF RUNWAY 15 AND ONE TAXIWAY LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 15 AND TAXIWAY "A" HAD BEEN STRUCK. THE RIGHT PROPELLER SUSTAINED SEVERAL ABRASSIONS CONSISTENT WITH STRIKING A RUNWAY/TAXIWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N524CA (3)

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

- [Incident 20020209035819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020209035819I), Feb 9, 2002: Cessna 402C (N524CA), Provincetown, MA, Minor damage. (-23) On 2/9/02 at 2017EST, N524CA, pilot-in-command ronald crews, departed vineyard haven airport (mvy) vineyard ma on a scheduled flight to hyannis, MA. The…
- [Incident 20000607019929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000607019929I), Jun 7, 2000: Cessna 402C (N524CA), Hyannis, MA. (-23) Pilot engaged autopilot after take-off and experienced an abrupt pitch up input. Pilot stated that he tried to disengage autopilot but it would not…
- [Incident 19970625021009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970625021009I), Jun 25, 1997: Cessna 402C (N524CA), Provincetown, MA, Minor damage. Hit a deer on liftoff. Continued to airport, lost fuel, right engine quit. Landed. Deer antler ruptured fuel tank.

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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