# Incident 20211219021129I: De Havilland DH8, Dulles, VA, December 19, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2021, 10:08 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Airport: Dulles International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: P54F
- Location: 38.9475° N, 77.4599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of WASHINGTON DULLES INTL (IAD), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9475&lon=-77.4599&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DE HAVILLAND DH8
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211219021129I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO OPERATOR REPORT: "PROPELLER WAS STATIONARY WHEN AIRPORT JET BRIDGE WAS POSITIONED TOWARDS AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK BLADE #1 ON LH PROP ASSY ON THE TIP, RESULTING IN CRACKED LEADING EDGE GUARD AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE UNDERLYING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BLADE TIP. BLADE TO BE REMOVED, HUB TO BE INSPECTED, AND NEW BLADE TO BE INSTALLED."

INSPECTOR COMMENT: THE GROUND CREW DIRECTED THE PILOT PAST THE PAINTED STOP LINE FOR DHC-8 AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED, PARKING BRAKE SET, BOTH ENGINES SHUT DOWN. WHILE MANEUVERING THE JETWAY, THE JETWAY CONTACTED THE PROPELLER. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED, AND JETWAY FABRIC WAS TORN. TRANSPORT CANADA INSPECTOR CONCURRED WITH CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE OPERATOR.

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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