# Incident 20170426007069I: Cessna 208B, Middletown, PA, April 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2017, 20:45 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4662B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4662B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,940 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170426007069I

## Narrative

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

IT WAS THE PILOTS THIRD TIME INTO KMDT AND REPORTED THE LANDING WAS NORMAL. AS THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE CARGO FACILITY RAMP HE NOTED AN MD-80 WAS PARKED IN THE NORMAL TAXI IN AREA ON THE CARGO APRON. LIGHTS FROM THE MD-80 AIRCRAFT BLINDED HIM AS HE  SAW  THE  MARSHALER COME INTO VIEW.

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FOUNDATION REMNANTS OF A  HANGAR THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED AN APPROX 12 INCH FOUNDATION CURB RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. AS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND RESULTING IN TWO OF THE THREE BLADES LIBERATING FROM THE HUB AND THE THIRD HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

THE PILOT COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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