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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Kalaupapa, HI · August 19, 2012

Date
August 19, 2012 · 10:02 local
Place
Kalaupapa, HI
Airport
Kalaupapa
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N303PW
Reported as
Cessna 208B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,070 total205 in this make and model205 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.

Airman taxiing unto the ramp misjudged the distance between the aircraft and airport light pole. The aircraft was taxied into the pole causing minor damage to the leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN TAXIING UNTO THE RAMP MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORT LIGHT POLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED INTO THE POLE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE.