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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Hilo, HI · November 22, 2018

Date: November 22, 2018 · 05:40 local
Place: Hilo, HI
Airport: Hilo International
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Collision on the ground
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N116BC
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N116BCRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2019 · Cessna 172NS/N 17271683 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

At about 1:57 am local time on Thursday, November 22, 2018, after landing at the Hilo International Airport (according to flight aware) following a flight from Alaska, a saab 340 australian registered (vh-zpa) parked behind a Cessna 172 (N116BC) which was tied down and chocked in its assigned parking position. Sometime later, the saab rolled forward about 50 feet and rammed into the tail of N116BC aircraft causing extensive damage. Chocks were not observed being used on the saab by the reporting css officer.

The saab, which was on a ferry flight, continued its flight to samoa.

The aircraft were not occupied by a flight crew or passengers and had no intent to fly.

As the FAA filed it

AT ABOUT 1:57 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2018, AFTER LANDING AT THE HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ACCORDING TO FLIGHT AWARE) FOLLOWING A FLIGHT FROM ALASKA, A SAAB 340 AUSTRALIAN REGISTERED (VH-ZPA) PARKED BEHIND A CESSNA 172 (N116BC) WHICH WAS TIED DOWN AND CHOCKED IN ITS ASSIGNED PARKING POSITION. SOMETIME LATER, THE SAAB ROLLED FORWARD ABOUT 50 FEET AND RAMMED INTO THE TAIL OF N116BC AIRCRAFT CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. CHOCKS WERE NOT OBSERVED BEING USED ON THE SAAB BY THE REPORTING CSS OFFICER.

THE SAAB, WHICH WAS ON A FERRY FLIGHT, CONTINUED ITS FLIGHT TO SAMOA.

THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT OCCUPIED BY A FLIGHT CREW OR PASSENGERS AND HAD NO INTENT TO FLY.