# Incident 20210702012169I: Beech 58P, New Symrna, FL, July 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2021, 10:26 local time
- Place: New Symrna, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181JR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181JR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,925 total, 420 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210702012169I

## Narrative

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

BEECHCRAFT BARON, N181JR, PROP STRIKE AT KEVB, NEW SMYRNA BEACH AIRPORT, FL

JULY 2, 2021

AFTER REFUELING AND STARTUP, RECEIVED IFR CLEARANCE AND TAXI CLEARANCE AND

PROCEEDED TO RW25 VIA TAXIWAY D AT KEVB. NEARING THE HOLD SHORT LINE, THE PILOT  ?ANGLED? THE

AIRPLANE ON THE TAXIWAY SO AS TO PREVENT PROP BLAST ADVERSELY IMPACTING AN AIRPLANE

BEHIND ME DURING THE ENGINE RUN UP AND PROPELLER CHECKS.

WHEN ALL PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST ITEMS WERE COMPLETED, RECEIVED A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND

BEGAN TAXING TO RW25. AS THE PILOT STRAIGHTENED OUT THE AIRPLANE FROM ITS ANGLED POSITION ON

THE TAXIWAY, THEY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE. AS THEY APPROACHED THE

EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY, THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER STRUCK TWO ELEVATED TAXIWAY LIGHTS. PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AS THE PROPELLER BLADES SHATTERED UPON IMPACT WITH THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS.

PILOT CALLED THE TOWER AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP FOR REPAIRS. UPON SHUTDOWN OF THE ENGINES, PILOT INSPECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE PROP AND TO THE FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N181JR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940327014419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940327014419I), Mar 27, 1994: Beech 58P (N181JR), Reno, NV. Drop in manifold pressure on right engine. Diverted to Reno. NR4 cylinder separated from cylinder barrel.

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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