# Incident 20120427007629I: Dornier DO-228-202, Bar Ten Ranch, AZ, April 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2012, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bar Ten Ranch, AZ
- Airport: Bar Ten
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XV6A
- Aircraft: N404VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier DO-228-202 (registry code 2995002, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-do-228-202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNIER DO-228-202
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,720 total, 1,830 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120427007629I

## Narrative

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

THE CREW HAD JUST ASSISTED PASSENGERS IN DEPLANING WITH A COMPANY MADE PASSENGER LOADING STAND WITH THREE STEPS AND A HAND RAIL. THE STAND STOOD APPROXIMATELY 5 1/2 FEET TALL.WHEN THE PILOT REPOSITIONED THE STAND AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT, HE DID NOT MOVE IT FAR ENOUGH AWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OUT FOR TAKEOFF AND STRUCK THE STAND. IT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT SIDE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. IT CAUSED MOST DAMAGE TO THE TAILCONE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS MINOR.THE CREW DID NOT DISCOVER THE DAMAGE UNTIL IT HAD MADE TWO ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS AND RETURNED TO BAR TEN AIRPORT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.