# Incident 20160709010879I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Saranac Lake, NY, July 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2016, 09:00 local time
- Place: Saranac Lake, NY
- Airport: Adirondack Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3853° N, 74.2062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADIRONDACK RGNL (SLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3853&lon=-74.2062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1028W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1028W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,490 total, 1,670 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160709010879I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATED AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON 7/9/16 AT THE SLK AIRPORT INVOLVING A BEECHCRAFT BARON N1028W AND AN AIRPORT VAN. UPON INVESTIGATION OF N1028W AND THE AIRPORT VAN, IT APPEARED THAT THE LEFT WINGTIP OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL AND LEFT REAR SIDE WINDOW OF THE VAN. THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE BARON WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT WINGTIP AS WELL AS A SMALL PORTION OF THE LEADING EDGE AND LANDING LIGHT ON THE LEFT WING.  UPON TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE, THUNDERSTORM CONDITIONS HAD ENVELOPED THE SLK AIRPORT RESULTING IN N1028W RETURNING TO THE RAMP TO WAIT OUT THE INCLEMENT WEATHER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PIC) STATED TO AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE THAT HE WAS TAXIING QUICKLY TO THE FBO TO OFF LOAD HIS PASSENGERS BEFORE IT BEGAN TO RAIN HEAVILY.  THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE DOOR OF THE FBO (LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT) AND A LARGE CORPERATE JET (RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT). THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT WING IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE CORPERATE JET AND HAD NOT SEEN THE VAN PARKED BY THE FBO, ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING STRIKING THE VAN.

## Other reports on N1028W (2)

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

- [Incident 20030914030679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030914030679I), Sep 14, 2003: Beech 95B55 (N1028W), Charlottesville, VA, Minor damage. (-23) On September 14, 2003, brian conway, as PIC of a BE-55, N1028W, flew an uneventful test flight, after having engine and propeller work completed on his…
- [Incident 19810921066939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810921066939I), Sep 21, 1981: Beech 95B55 (N1028W), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear during rollout.

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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