# Incident 20211207023189I: Beech 58, Asheville, NC, December 7, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2021, 14:20 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N358Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211207023189I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK A GATE POLE WHILE TAXING FOR DEP FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT SUPPORT GA RAMP.

FAA INSPECTOR:

DURING INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT CFR 61.56 BFR. HAD OVER FLOWN BY 6 MONTHS.

INVESTIGATION: INCIDENT KAVL

DESCRIPTION: AIRCRAFT STUCK GATE POLE WHILE TAXING

SAS: EA68202201128, EA68202201488, EA68202201489

WHAT: INCIDENT WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK GATE POLE

WHEN: 12/07/2021

WHERE: KAVL

WHY: TAXING AIRCRAFT TO CLOSE TO OBJECTS.

CFR'S VIOLATED: NONE THAT LED TO INCIDENT BUT DURING INVESTIGATION FOUND CFR 61.56

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: PILOT OPERATING AIRCRAFT TO CLOSE TO OBJECTS WITHOUT A WING WALKER OR LINEMAN.

RECOMMENDATIONS: COUNSELED PILOT ON THE INCIDENT AND REQUIRED PILOT TO GET A NEW BFR CFR 61.56.

A SNAAP IS ISSUED TO AIRMAN.

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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