# Incident 20221227018729I: Cessna 402C, Spokane, WA, December 27, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2022, 04:00 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QTVA
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N168WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N168WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,677 total, 150 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221227018729I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ON DEMAND PART 135 CARGO OPERATOR, USING A CESSNA 402. AT SPOKANE FELTS FIELD, AT APPROXIMATELY 0400, THE PILOT PERFORMED HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND LOADING OF THE AIRCRAFT INSIDE A HANGAR AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE FBO STAFF PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGAR. THE PILOT ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT, STARTED THE ENGINES AND BEGAN HIS TAXI ON THE RAMP. THE PILOT STATED THAT MOMENTS AFTER HE STARTED TO TAXI, HE SAW THE OTHER AIRCRAFT (CIRRUS SR22) ON THE RAMP AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT A COLLISION. THE LEFT PROPELLER OF THE CESSNA STRUCK THE ENGINE COWL OF THE SR22. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPORT RAMP WAS NOT WELL LIT AND THAT HE WAS TAXIING ONLY WITH HIS TAXI LIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TAXI LIGHTS DID NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHT AND THAT HE NOW USES THE LANDING LIGHT DURING TAXI AS WELL. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA 402, NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N168WA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20211022016959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211022016959I), Oct 22, 2021: Cessna 402C (N168WA), Boise, ID, Minor damage. On 10/22/2021 at approximately 0700 local time N168WA was taxiing for takeoff at the Boise airport (boi) and hit a construction light with the prop causing…

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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