# Incident 20210808014979I: Beech 58, Savannah, GA, August 8, 2021 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 8, 2021, 14:45 local time - Place: Savannah, GA - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10 - Aircraft: N235SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N235SM) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES - People aboard: 6 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210808014979I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON AUGUST 8, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A 1978 BEECH 58 BARON, S/N: TH-926, WITH REGISTRATION N235SM, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STUCK AN ORANGE MARKER CONE WHILE TAXING ON A NON-MOVEMENT AREA OF AN AIRCRAFT PARKING RAMP. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CONE FLEW THROUGH THE AIR AND DENTED THE FUSELAGE OF A PARKED LEARJET 45 WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N1245L. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FIXED-BASE OPERATOR ON THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSAV). THERE WERE SIX PERSONS ON BOARD THE BEECH 58 WITH NO INJURIES AND NO PERSONS ON BOARD THE PARKED LEARJET 45. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. ON AUGUST 10, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN FAA INSPECTOR FROM THE ATLANTA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) WAS CONTACTED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC OF N235SM, HE STATED THAT HE HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS MET BY MEMBERS OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^GROUND CREW, WHO CHALKED AND CONED HIS AIRCRAFT. THE PIC STATED THAT HE WASN?T ON THE GROUND VERY LONG AS HE WAITED FOR HIS PASSENGERS THAT HE WAS PICKING UP TO ARRIVE. WITHIN MINUTES OF LANDING THE PASSENGERS ARRIVED AND HE QUICKLY WAS ABLE TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. ONCE EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD, HE REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT CHALKS AND PERFORMED A WALK AROUND OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC STATED THAT DURING HIS WALK AROUND HE DID NOT SEE THE ORANGE CONE OUT IN FRONT OF THE LEFT ENGINE. NEXT, THE PIC STATED THAT HE STARTED BOTH ENGINES AND BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD BUT HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY AFTER SEEING A CONE FLY THROUGH THE AIR OUT OF HIS LEFT EYE. HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES AS HE REALIZED WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED. ONCE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PIC DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE ORANGE MARKER CONE WHICH CAUSED IT TO HIT THE PARKED ADJACENT AIRCRAFT?S FUSELAGE CAUSING A DENT. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. ON AUGUST 11, 2021, AN FAA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ATLANTA FSDO ARRIVED ON SCENE TO PERFORM THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. AT THIS TIME N235SM HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE RAMP TO THE SIGNATURE FLIGHT SERVICES FBO FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE DAMAGE. THE FAA INSPECTOR CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER STRIKE AND THAT A FULL ENGINE EVALUATION WOULD NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TO ENSURE NO INTERNAL DAMAGE EXISTED. ADDITIONALLY, AN EVALUATION OF N1245L DENT FUSELAGE ALSO CONFIRMED WHAT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AND A FURTHER INSPECTION WOULD BE NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE COURSE OF ACTION AND REPAIR NEEDED. ## Other reports on N235SM (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20240813015249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240813015249I), Aug 13, 2024: Beech 58 (N235SM), Huntsville, AL, No damage. In cruise flight, pilot noted an abnormal vibration in control yoke and elected to make a precautionary landing at khsv, which was uneventful. Examination… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.