# Incident 20161128020742I: Cessna 560, Salinas, CA, November 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2016, 20:30 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6628° N, 121.6064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6628&lon=-121.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17IA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161128020742I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 28, 2016 AT SALINAS AIRPORT (SNS), AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 P.M. PST, AIRCRAFT N22AF TAXIED FROM ?FOXTROT? ONTO JET WEST?S RAMP IN AN N/NW DIRECTION. A HELICOPTER, N530PJ, WAS PARKED WITH THE AFT EDGE OF ITS SKIDS APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RAMP PAVEMENT, AND APPROXIMATE TWO HUNDRED FEET FROM JET WEST?S HANGAR. THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF N22AF STRUCK THE HELICOPTER, N530PJ, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FORWARD DOORPOST, THE LEFT WINDSCREEN AND THE EXTERIOR CENTER PEDESTAL OF N530PJ AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF N22AF.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N530PJ, Md Helicopters Inc 369FF: no report for this aircraft in the release

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17IA083), Nov 29, 2016: Cessna 560 (N22AF), Salinas, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked helicopter.

## Other reports on N22AF (1)

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

- [Incident 19910924049779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910924049779I), Sep 24, 1991: Cessna 560CESSNA (N22AF), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. On final approach aircraft hit a flock of pigeons. Landed without 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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