What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Last flight of the day the airman taxied the aircraft into a tie-down spot nearest to the grant aviation, inc. maintenance hangar, as he did for the past two weeks. The airman's focus was on the tie-down cones when the left wing hit a shipping container that belonged to ravn air. The container had been repositioned and was moved approximately 10' out towards the tie-down area. Four passengers onboard, no injuries. Passengers had to exit out front pilot/co-pilot doors due to wrinkled skin near the wing root. The pilot mentioned in his report that fatigue could be an issue as it had been a long work day in poor weather conditions.
As the FAA filed it
LAST FLIGHT OF THE DAY THE AIRMAN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A TIE-DOWN SPOT NEAREST TO THE GRANT AVIATION, INC. MAINTENANCE HANGAR, AS HE DID FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE AIRMAN'S FOCUS WAS ON THE TIE-DOWN CONES WHEN THE LEFT WING HIT A SHIPPING CONTAINER THAT BELONGED TO RAVN AIR. THE CONTAINER HAD BEEN REPOSITIONED AND WAS MOVED APPROXIMATELY 10' OUT TOWARDS THE TIE-DOWN AREA. FOUR PASSENGERS ONBOARD, NO INJURIES. PASSENGERS HAD TO EXIT OUT FRONT PILOT/CO-PILOT DOORS DUE TO WRINKLED SKIN NEAR THE WING ROOT. THE PILOT MENTIONED IN HIS REPORT THAT FATIGUE COULD BE AN ISSUE AS IT HAD BEEN A LONG WORK DAY IN POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.