# Incident 20160212002989I: Cessna 560XL, Berlin, NH, February 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2016, 16:20 local time
- Place: Berlin, NH
- Airport: Berlin Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CVGA
- Location: 44.5754° N, 71.1759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERLIN RGNL (BML), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5754&lon=-71.1759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A (registry code 52185, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,716 total, 2,192 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160212002989I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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