20220607007262A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Pilatus PC-12 · Hawthorne, CA · June 7, 2022

Date
June 7, 2022 · 08:33 local
Place
Hawthorne, CA
Airport
Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Mu
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WUXA
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N175WA
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA201
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,290 total

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What happened

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On June 7, 2022 two aircraft, a Bombardier BD-100-1A10, privacy data omitted privacy data omitted, and a Pilatus PC12/47E, privacy data omitted privacy data omitted collided on taxiway (s) sierra at (a) alpha. Damage to the rudder of the Pilatus, privacy data omitted was substantial classifying this as an accident.

privacy data omitted Bombardier BD-100-1A10, privacy data omitted, traveling east bound on taxiway (s) sierra collided with privacy data omitted, Pilatus PC12/47E, privacy data omitted holding short at taxiway (a) alpha on June 7, 2022 @0833.

Bombardier privacy data omitted was taxiing to parking at privacy data omitted los angeles. Video evidence shows the aircraft parking area of privacy data omitted los angeles where two other aircraft were parked. Under direction of privacy data omitted los angeles ramp employees, acting as wing walkers, privacy data omitted executed a right turn to the parking area during which the left wing struck the rudder of privacy data omitted.

The left wing of Bombardier privacy data omitted impacted the rudder of Pilatus PC12 privacy data omitted. Bombardier privacy data omitted left wing damage was minor and Pilatus PC12 privacy data omitted rudder damage was considered substantial. See FAA form 8020-23, incident report number A-WP-23-22-005

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 7, 2022 TWO AIRCRAFT, A BOMBARDIER BD-100-1A10, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND A PILATUS PC12/47E, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED ON TAXIWAY (S) SIERRA AT (A) ALPHA. DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER OF THE PILATUS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SUBSTANTIAL CLASSIFYING THIS AS AN ACCIDENT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BOMBARDIER BD-100-1A10, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON TAXIWAY (S) SIERRA COLLIDED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILATUS PC12/47E, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDING SHORT AT TAXIWAY (A) ALPHA ON JUNE 7, 2022 @0833.

BOMBARDIER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING TO PARKING AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOS ANGELES. VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOS ANGELES WHERE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE PARKED. UNDER DIRECTION OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOS ANGELES RAMP EMPLOYEES, ACTING AS WING WALKERS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED A RIGHT TURN TO THE PARKING AREA DURING WHICH THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUDDER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE LEFT WING OF BOMBARDIER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED THE RUDDER OF PILATUS PC12 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. BOMBARDIER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT WING DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND PILATUS PC12 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RUDDER DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL. SEE FAA FORM 8020-23, INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER A-WP-23-22-005

NTSB investigation

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Other aircraft in the event · 1

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