# Incident 20160309003679I: Cessna 208B, Golovin, AK, March 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2016, 09:13 local time
- Place: Golovin, AK
- Airport: Golovin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 64.5505° N, 163.0072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLOVIN (GLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5505&lon=-163.0072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N715HE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N715HE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160309003679I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC STATED THAT HE NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WHEN SECURING THE PROPELLER WITH THE PROPELLER COVER BACK AT THE STATION.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY 2" OF THE PROPELLER LENGTH, AT THE TIP AND CONSISTED OF SERRATIONS APPROXIMATELY 1/8TH-1/4TH OF AN INCH DEEP.  THESE SERRATIONS MATCHED SERRATIONS ON TAXI-LIGHT DEBRIS RETRIEVED BY THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER'S VILLAGE AGENT ON THE TAXIWAY, WHICH THE PIC RECOVERED FROM THE VILLAGE AGENT.  THE DAMAGED PROPELLER WAS REPLACED BY THE STATION MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

ACCORDING TO AIRPORT MAINTENANCE, THE BROKEN LIGHTS WERE THE RESULT OF THE PROPELLER OF N715HE CONTACTING THEM.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC AND VILLAGE AGENT, THE TAXI-LIGHT DEBRIS WERE PRESENT DUE TO VANDALISM.  BASED ON THE PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY AIRPORT MAINTENANCE SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO THE LIGHTS, IT IS MOST LIKELY THE PROPELLER OF N715HE CONTACTED THE LIGHTS, EITHER ON THE FLIGHT ON THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, OR ON A PREVIOUS FLIGHT.  IT IS POSSIBLE THE PILOT WAS UNAWARE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE LIGHTS DURING AIRCRAFT OPERATION.

## Other reports on N715HE (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110106001129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110106001129A), Jan 6, 2011: Cessna 208B (N715HE), Kipnuk, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot obtained weather prior to landing. The ASOS was calling the wind calm. The pilot flew over the airport looking for the windsock but did not see the…
- [Incident 20090401046859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090401046859I), Apr 1, 2009: Cessna 208B (N715HE), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. The pilot [privacy data omitted] departed scammon bay at approximately 1400 enroute to Bethel, AK. Two souls onboard, the pilot [privacy data omitted] and a…

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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