# Incident 20161201019079I: Beech 200, Elko, NV, December 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2016, 20:30 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZP7A
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111PV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111PV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,300 total, 960 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161201019079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF MEDEVAC LOGISTICS 111 LOADED A PATIENT AT THE TRANSIENT RAMP OF THE ELKO REGIONAL AIRPORT (EKO) IN ELKO, NV AT 2025 PST.  THE AIRPLANE STARTED AND TAXIED ONTO A PERMANENTLY CLOSED TAXIWAY IDENTIFIED BY STANDARD YELLOW CROSSES AND A BARRIER OF TAXI LIGHTS TO THE PARALLEL TAXI WAY.  AS THE PILOT ENTERED THE CLOSED AREA HE RECOGNIZED THE MARKINGS AND BEGAN A 180 DEGREE TURN TO EXIT THE AREA.  DURING THIS TIME THE RIGHT SIDE PROPELLER OF THE BE-200 STRUCK TWO SEPERATE TAXI WAY MARKING LIGHTS (BLUE LIGHTS ON YELLOW POSTS).  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO TAXI TO THE SOUTH FOR THE NEXT PERPENDICULAR TAXI WAY TO JOIN THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT THEN TOOK THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND DEPARTED THE AIRPORT ENROUTE TO RENO-TAHOE (KRNO) WITH THE PASSENGER ON BOARD AND MEDICAL CREW OF A NURSE AND PARAMEDIC.  THE OCCURENCE WAS OBSERVED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT WHO KNEW THE ROUTE THE PLANE WAS FLYING.  HE CONTACTED THE RENO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AND ADVISED THEM OF THE CONFIRMED DAMAGE TO THE TAXI WAY LIGHTS AND RECOMMENDED THE PILOT INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE.  THE RENO ATC INFORMED THE PILOT OF N111PV WHEN HE CHECKED IN TO INSPECT HIS AIRCRAFT FOR POTENTIAL DAMAGE.

THE PILOT IDENTIFIED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND PROP HE INFORMED HIS OPERATOR, BUT NOT ATC OR THE ROC.  RENO FSO WAS INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT BY RENO ATC OFFICE THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

## Other reports on N111PV (1)

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

- [Incident 20160315006429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160315006429I), Mar 15, 2016: Beech 200 (N111PV), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. After takeoff out of the las vegas airport (klas), las vegas, NV, going into Van Nuys Airport (kvny), Van Nuys, CA, the pilot put the landing gear handle in…

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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