# Incident 20100723041169I: Cessna 402B, Farmingdale, NY, July 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2010, 20:30 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Repubilc
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N2XA
- Location: 40.7328° N, 73.4468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmingdale, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7328&lon=-73.4468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303PJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303PJ-2017-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100723041169I

## Narrative

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

07/23/2010 2030HRS PILOT OF N303PJ STRUCK A RUBBER TRAFFIC CONE WITH RIGHT PROPELLER DURING TAXI OUT OF PARKING SPOT ON RAMP AT ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO RAMP AREA IN FARMINGDALE NY. FBO RAMP PERSONNEL ATTEMPTED TO SIGNAL PILOT TO STOP AND PILOT CONTINUED TAXING TO RUNWAY, PERFORMED RUNUP AND TOOKOFF. FBO PERSONNEL CONTACTED ATC TOWER  REGARDING ISSUE. ROUGHLY TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF ATC PERSONNEL RADIOED TO ALERT PILOT THAT HE STRUCK A TRAFFIC CONE AND HE MAY WANT TO INSPECT HIS AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPLIED TO ATC PERSONNEL STATING OKAY HE WOULD CHECK IT OUT WHEN HE GOT TO HIS DESTINATION IN NANTUCKET MA. THE RESULT OF THE IMPACT WAS A DAMAGED RIGHT PROPELLER(LOOSE BLADE) AND DENTING AND TEARING OF AIRCRAFT SKIN AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE (FRAMES AND STRINGER) JUST BELOW RIGHT SIDE NOSE BAGGAGE ACCESS DOOR ON FUSELAGE. PILOTS STATEMENT NOTED THAT HE DID INFACT HEAR A LOUD NOISE WHEN HE STRUCK THE CONE BUT HE STATED HE THOUGHT HE JUST RAN OVER A SET OF CHOCKS

## Other reports on N303PJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20111129027149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111129027149I), Nov 29, 2011: Cessna 402B (N303PJ), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft lost power on short final immediately after selecting final flaps. Aircraft struck ground 350 feet short of runway 15 in safety area.a call was placed…

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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