# Incident 20210124001389I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, Binghamton, NY, January 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2021, 00:25 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Binghamton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MXIA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N476BJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N476BJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 400A (registry code 7150010, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 400A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,598 total, 5,232 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210124001389I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN BINGHAMTON NY, KBGM, TO PICK UP A HEART, FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT FLIGHT. AROUND MIDNIGHT, 1-24-2021, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE HANGAR AND WAS PULLED OUT. THE TEAM, A DOCTOR, A COORDINATOR AND BOTH PILOTS GOT INTO THE AIRCRAFT. THEY HAD A VOID TIME OF 0035, ABOUT TEN MINUTES. THE CREW USED THE CHECKLIST AND WAS NOT RUSHED. THE WINDS WERE ABOUT 18KTS AND THE TAXIWAYS WERE COVERED WITH AN INCH AND A HALF OF LIGHT SNOW. THE SNOW WAS WHIPPING UP AND MADE IT HARD TO SEE. WHILE TAXING THE PIC SAW SOME GLOWING BLUE LIGHTS AND STARTED TO TAXI BETWEEN THEM, THINKING IT WAS THE TAXIWAY. HE ENDED UP TAXIING ACROSS A SNOW COVERED, CLOSED HELICOPTER PAD AND OFF OF THE RAMP SURFACE AREA BETWEEN TAXIWAY LIMA AND BRAVO 2. POB: 4, NO INJURIES. ALL WALKED BACK TO THE FBO TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET THE AIRCRAFT TOWED OUT. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE SNOW UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON OF THE NEXT DAY, 1-25-2021. THEY REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SNOW USING A CRANE.

A FAA MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED. CONSTANT AVIATION AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS GOING TO LOOK AT AIRCRAFT FOR ESTIMATES ON THE REPAIR.

NTSB, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN AN EMAIL ON 1-26-2021, STATED

?BASED ON THE REPORTED DAMAGE (MINOR) THE NTSB WILL NOT INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT AND THERE WILL BE NO NTSB REPORT OR CASE NUMBER GENERATED.

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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