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FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Berlin, NH · February 12, 2016

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Date
February 12, 2016 · 16:20 local
Place
Berlin, NH
Airport
Berlin Regional
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CVGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70TH
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,716 total2,192 in this make and model88 in the last 90 days
N70THRegistered now · Cessna 560XLS/N 560-5007 · Built 1998Airframe modelCessna 560XLEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW545ATurbo-fan

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.

Pilot stated: on entering the ramp in blm, the marshaller, using a hand-held radio, instucted us to make a turn to the left (south), for a right, 180 degree turn to park us (heading north) adjacent to the fueling station. There is a hangar south of the fueling station that had my attention. After executing the turn to the right, I was focused on looking to the left to ensure clearance of, and avoid striking the hangar. Nearing the end of the hangar, as the cockpit came into the glare of the setting sun, I simultaneoustly heard a call from my first officer who was monitoring the marshaller, to turn right, and began to do so. I then looked forward to find the marshaller, but there was an immediate "bump." The airecraft stopped , and I thought that I might have hit a chock. I then looked back to the left to see that the wing tip had struck a concrete post near the fueling station that is located about 15 feet forward of the front of the hangar.

From the investigation notes from the director of safety of delta private jets: the mechanic sent to repair this aircraft was asked by the airport manager to assist him reeling in and out the refueling hose to fuel another aircraft. The airport manager stated that during very low temperature it become very difficult to roll the fuel hose out to the aircraft ant that's why he fuels the aircraft closer to the fuel tank. The temperatures was below freezing the day of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED: ON ENTERING THE RAMP IN BLM, THE MARSHALLER, USING A HAND-HELD RADIO, INSTUCTED US TO MAKE A TURN TO THE LEFT (SOUTH), FOR A RIGHT, 180 DEGREE TURN TO PARK US (HEADING NORTH) ADJACENT TO THE FUELING STATION. THERE IS A HANGAR SOUTH OF THE FUELING STATION THAT HAD MY ATTENTION. AFTER EXECUTING THE TURN TO THE RIGHT, I WAS FOCUSED ON LOOKING TO THE LEFT TO ENSURE CLEARANCE OF, AND AVOID STRIKING THE HANGAR. NEARING THE END OF THE HANGAR, AS THE COCKPIT CAME INTO THE GLARE OF THE SETTING SUN, I SIMULTANEOUSTLY HEARD A CALL FROM MY FIRST OFFICER WHO WAS MONITORING THE MARSHALLER, TO TURN RIGHT, AND BEGAN TO DO SO. I THEN LOOKED FORWARD TO FIND THE MARSHALLER, BUT THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE "BUMP." THE AIRECRAFT STOPPED , AND I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HAVE HIT A CHOCK. I THEN LOOKED BACK TO THE LEFT TO SEE THAT THE WING TIP HAD STRUCK A CONCRETE POST NEAR THE FUELING STATION THAT IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 FEET FORWARD OF THE FRONT OF THE HANGAR.

FROM THE INVESTIGATION NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY OF DELTA PRIVATE JETS: THE MECHANIC SENT TO REPAIR THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ASKED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER TO ASSIST HIM REELING IN AND OUT THE REFUELING HOSE TO FUEL ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED THAT DURING VERY LOW TEMPERATURE IT BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO ROLL THE FUEL HOSE OUT TO THE AIRCRAFT ANT THAT'S WHY HE FUELS THE AIRCRAFT CLOSER TO THE FUEL TANK. THE TEMPERATURES WAS BELOW FREEZING THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT.