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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 560XL · Fort Lauderdale, FL · April 10, 2018

Date
April 10, 2018 · 19:59 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N575QS
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A tornado hit just as the aircraft was starting to taxi to national jets FBO. Once the airplane was on the ramp awaiting parking instructions from ground personnel, the tornado twisted in their direction causing the left and right wings to be struck by cargo containers. The right wing aileron was split open from the trailing edge up to forward edge. It was pushed over the outboard stop and under the inboard stop. The left wing was cracked and split open from the trailing edge up to the wing spar. Teh left wing flap was cracked, dented and stuck in the down position. Left wing aileron stops wer bent and cracked. All damage sustained was due to the tornado slamming cargo containers into the aircraft on the ramp

As the FAA filed it

A TORNADO HIT JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS STARTING TO TAXI TO NATIONAL JETS FBO. ONCE THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE RAMP AWAITING PARKING INSTRUCTIONS FROM GROUND PERSONNEL, THE TORNADO TWISTED IN THEIR DIRECTION CAUSING THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS TO BE STRUCK BY CARGO CONTAINERS. THE RIGHT WING AILERON WAS SPLIT OPEN FROM THE TRAILING EDGE UP TO FORWARD EDGE. IT WAS PUSHED OVER THE OUTBOARD STOP AND UNDER THE INBOARD STOP. THE LEFT WING WAS CRACKED AND SPLIT OPEN FROM THE TRAILING EDGE UP TO THE WING SPAR. TEH LEFT WING FLAP WAS CRACKED, DENTED AND STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. LEFT WING AILERON STOPS WER BENT AND CRACKED. ALL DAMAGE SUSTAINED WAS DUE TO THE TORNADO SLAMMING CARGO CONTAINERS INTO THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP