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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon G58 · Detroit, MI · November 2, 2011

Date
November 2, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Coleman A. Young Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7277G
Reported as
Raytheon G58
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
24,500 total1,300 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Airplane was cleared for takeoff on rwy 15. From taxiway "a", pilot taxied into takeoff position, applied full power, and released brakes. As the nose dipped and the airplane began to roll forward, a taxiway light assembly impacted the right propeller, damaging all three prop blades and the right side of aircraft nose. The incident site was between taxiways "a" and "b", on runway centerline. The light assembly had become dislodged from it's original position on the paved non-use area at the apppproach end of the runway. The original location is on a post located at the intersection of the extended centerline of the runway and the extended centerline of the taxiway, and stands approximately 24" tall. It is not known how the light assembly became dislodged from the post and relocated to a position approximately 150 feet down the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 15. FROM TAXIWAY "A", PILOT TAXIED INTO TAKEOFF POSITION, APPLIED FULL POWER, AND RELEASED BRAKES. AS THE NOSE DIPPED AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD, A TAXIWAY LIGHT ASSEMBLY IMPACTED THE RIGHT PROPELLER, DAMAGING ALL THREE PROP BLADES AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT NOSE. THE INCIDENT SITE WAS BETWEEN TAXIWAYS "A" AND "B", ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD BECOME DISLODGED FROM IT'S ORIGINAL POSITION ON THE PAVED NON-USE AREA AT THE APPPPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE ORIGINAL LOCATION IS ON A POST LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY, AND STANDS APPROXIMATELY 24" TALL. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE POST AND RELOCATED TO A POSITION APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.