# Incident 20210501003989I: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420, Naples, FL, May 1, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2021, 10:30 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 4PMA
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Honda HA-420 (registry code 4400000, https://openairdocs.org/model/honda-ha-420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE Honda HF-120 (registry code 30200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-honda-hf-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420
- Reported engine: GE HONDA HF-120
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210501003989I

## Narrative

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

THE CREW HAD GROUND POWER CONNECTED TO THE AIRCRAFT TO RUN AC. THE GPU WAS POSITIONED IN FRONT OF THE LEFT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING WHILE IN THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA, WITH THE POWER CABLE GOING UNDERNEATH THE FUSELAGE TO THE RECEPTACLE IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.  AFTER PASSENGERS WERE LOADED AND SECURED, THE CREW STARTED BOTH ENGINES AND HAND SIGNALED GROUND CREW TO REMOVE GPU. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT COMMUNICATE BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER AND COULD NOT CONFIRM SIGNAL FROM GROUND CREW. SIC DISENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKE AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD TO TEST THE BRAKES AND STRUCK THE GPU. NEITHER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VERIFIED GPU WAS REMOVED WITH VISUAL CHECK. THIS WAS ALSO NOT COMMUNICATED. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT BRIEF THE SITUATION ON PREFLIGHT WHEN NOTING THE ODD LOCATION OF GPU SET UP.

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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