20200629008279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SF50 · Gaithersburg, MD · June 29, 2020

Date
June 29, 2020 · 08:02 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N696MR
Reported as
Cirrus Design SF50
Reported engine
Williams FJ33-5A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

June 20, 2020 - during engine run-up of N696MR, the jet blast from its engine exhaust caused significant damage to the rudder of N9045K, which rendered that aircraft un-airworthy. Aircraft N9045K sustained damage to its rudder flight control surface while parked tail-to-tail with aircraft N696MR.

Weather conditions at time of event:

Temperature- 76 f

Dew point- 64 f

Humidity- 67%

Wind- nnw

Wind speed-8 mph

Wind gust- 0 mph

Pressure- 29.55 in

Precip- 0.0 in

Condition- fair

As the FAA filed it

JUNE 20, 2020 - DURING ENGINE RUN-UP OF N696MR, THE JET BLAST FROM ITS ENGINE EXHAUST CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER OF N9045K, WHICH RENDERED THAT AIRCRAFT UN-AIRWORTHY. AIRCRAFT N9045K SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE WHILE PARKED TAIL-TO-TAIL WITH AIRCRAFT N696MR.

WEATHER CONDITIONS AT TIME OF EVENT:

TEMPERATURE- 76 F

DEW POINT- 64 F

HUMIDITY- 67%

WIND- NNW

WIND SPEED-8 MPH

WIND GUST- 0 MPH

PRESSURE- 29.55 IN

PRECIP- 0.0 IN

CONDITION- FAIR