# Incident 20181117025239I: Beech C90, El Paso, TX, November 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2018, 06:15 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OH7A
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6173C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6173C-2022-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 325 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181117025239I

## Narrative

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

N6173C , BE90, LOCATED AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ELP) , WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE, HAD A LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER STRIKE WITH TWO TAXI WAY LIGHTS.  WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE TO THE PILOT OF THE ENGINE PROPELLER STRIKE,  N6173C DEPARTED ENROUTE TO ALPINE CASPAIRIS AIRPORT (E38).  AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT TOWED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE HANGER. WHILE DISCONNECTING THE TOWBAR IS WHEN THE PILOT  DISCOVERED THE ENGINE PROPELLER DAMAGE.  ONCE THE DISCOVERYWAS MADE, THE PILOT CONTACTED EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO LET THEM KNOW THERE COULD BE POSSIBLE FOD ON THE TAXIWAY. AFTER NOTIFYING EL PASO, HE THEN  CALLED THE COMPANY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS TO INFORM HIM ON THE INCIDENT. .

## Other reports on N6173C (1)

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

- [Incident 19960604017579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960604017579I), Jun 4, 1996: Beech C90 (N6173C), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Narrative: 1. On 06/04/96 at 1900Z time, a Beech BE-90-C90 aircraft (N6173C) departed el reno airpark (F28) airport, Oklahoma en route to Kansas City down town…

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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