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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon C90A · Lander, WY · October 10, 2014

Date
October 10, 2014 · 17:51 local
Place
Lander, WY
Airport
Hunt Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1079D
Reported as
Raytheon C90A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total1,500 in this make and model59 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.

Aircraft landed at Lander Wyoming (lnd). The pilot taxied the aircraft to a hangar where a passenger vehicle was located. Upon arriving at the hangar the pilot made a tight right turn to position the door of the aircraft towards the passenger vehicle. While making the right turn the aircraft?s left wingtip hit a tree causing minor damage to the wingtip.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LANDER WYOMING (LND). THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO A HANGAR WHERE A PASSENGER VEHICLE WAS LOCATED. UPON ARRIVING AT THE HANGAR THE PILOT MADE A TIGHT RIGHT TURN TO POSITION THE DOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS THE PASSENGER VEHICLE. WHILE MAKING THE RIGHT TURN THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT WINGTIP HIT A TREE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIP.