20211025023119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Salt Lake City, UT · October 25, 2021

Date
October 25, 2021 · 20:01 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
TIMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61UC
Reported as
Beech 1900C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total4,000 in this make and model155 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On the night of August 23, 2021, the pilot was flying from jackson hole, Wyoming to Salt lake international airport, Utah. The pilot was flying in moderate turbulence with rain and thunderstorms in the vicinity. The pilot claimed on one occasion, one of the bumps was hard enough to ?clock? His head, causing some blurriness of vision and confusion. After landing, the pilot received a change in taxi instructions, and was having a difficult time finding the route. These factors combined with the excessive glare with the lights and rain resulted in him turning onto a service road resulting in minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 23, 2021, THE PILOT WAS FLYING FROM JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING TO SALT LAKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UTAH. THE PILOT WAS FLYING IN MODERATE TURBULENCE WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY. THE PILOT CLAIMED ON ONE OCCASION, ONE OF THE BUMPS WAS HARD ENOUGH TO ?CLOCK? HIS HEAD, CAUSING SOME BLURRINESS OF VISION AND CONFUSION. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT RECEIVED A CHANGE IN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, AND WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING THE ROUTE. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH THE EXCESSIVE GLARE WITH THE LIGHTS AND RAIN RESULTED IN HIM TURNING ONTO A SERVICE ROAD RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.