# Incident 20201128014679I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Fort Meade, MD, November 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2020, 17:00 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, MD
- Airport: Tipton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1057° N, 76.7433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Meade, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1057&lon=-76.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N221AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4D5D (registry code 41652, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4d5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-C4D5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201128014679I

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT NEAR KFME THE PILOT NOTICED A KITE ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT BELIEVED THEY HAD PASSED THE KITE WITHOUT INCIDENT. HOWEVER, UPON LANDING IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STRING FROM THE KIT HAD BEEN WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT WINGTIP FAIRING. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 200 FEET OF STRING WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE STRING HAD CUT INTO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WINGTIP FAIRING APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TRACE THE SOURCE OF THE KITE.

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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