# Incident 20121001023499I: Cessna T210N, Lawrence, MA, October 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2012, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lawrence, MA
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7170° N, 71.1235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE MUNI (LWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7170&lon=-71.1235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4743C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4743C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 108 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121001023499I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 1, 2012 THE PILOT, A SAFETY PILOT / CFI, AND ONE PASSENGER (PILOT'S DAUGHTER) WERE PREPARING TO DEPART KLWM FOR A FLIGHT.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO BRING ALONG A CFI DUE TO UNFAMILIARITY WITH DE-ICING EQUIPMENT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH FREEZING PRECIPITATION ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE OWNER'S HANGAR UTILIZING A SMALL, GASOLINE POWERED TUG.  THE TUG WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND POSITIONED SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED.  JUST PRIOR TO COMPLETING THE INSPECTION, THE CO-PILOT ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WOULD UNLOCK THE CO-PILOT SIDE DOOR.  THE PILOT COMPLIED WITH THE REQUEST.  ALL PRE START CHECKLISTS WERE REPORTEDLY CONDUCTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED.  UPON INITIATION OF TAXI, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TUG THAT WAS INADVERTANTLY LEFT IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND SHUT DOWN.  UPON POST INCIDENT INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PROPELLOR SUSTAINED DAMAGE CONSISTANT WITH STRIKING A STATIONARY METALLIC OBJECT.  THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL FIFTEEN DAYS LATER.  THE OWNER / PILOT THOUGHT THAT THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE TO THE FAA DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT OCCURRED ON THE AIRPORT RAMP.  THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, SEEKING A FERRY PERMIT FOR THE AIRCRAFT, ADVISED THE OWNER / PILOT THAT THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTABLE.  THE OWNER / PILOT THEN CONTACTED THE FSDO.

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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