# Incident 20110220002299I: Piper PA-31T, Tonopah, NV, February 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2011, 05:40 local time
- Place: Tonopah, NV
- Airport: Tonopah
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XPCA
- Location: 38.0599° N, 117.0866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TONOPAH (TPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0599&lon=-117.0866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N775MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N775MF-2021-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110220002299I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N775MF, OPERATED BY AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT, LLC., DEPARTED TPH AT 0545 BOUND FOR RNO.  DURING TAXI FROM THE FBO RAMP THE PILOT HEARD A BUMP AND ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE NOSE GEAR BUMPING ON THE UNEVEN ICE/SNOW COVERED RAMP.  DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AT RNO IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE.  THIS BLADE WAS BENT AT THE TIP AND THE OTHER TWO BLADES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF PROPELLER STIKES ON A BLACK OBJECT (PAINT/MATERIAL TRANSFER) BUT APPEARED UNDAMAGED.  THE FLIGHT TO RNO EXPERIENCED NO ABNOMALITY AS RELATED BY THE PILOT.  COMPANY PERSONNEL RETURNED TO TPH TO SEE IF THEY COULD DETERMINE WHAT THE PROPELLER HIT AND FOUND A LARGE RUBBER CHOCK ON THE RAMP WITH INDICATIONS OF THE PROPELLER STRIKE.  IT IS NOTED THAT THE RAMP WAS DARK WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N775MF (2)

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

- [Incident 20110506008999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110506008999I), May 6, 2011: Piper PA-31T (N775MF), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. On approach to Oakland Airport (oak), Oakland, CA; the pilot in command (PIC) reported to oak air traffic control tower (ATCT) an unsafe left main landing gear…
- [Incident 20090127015799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090127015799I), Jan 27, 2009: Piper PA31T (N775MF), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot had received his clearance and taxied to 28R via charlie and echo taxiways. After being cleared to take-off he taxied into position for…

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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