# Incident 20230918011302I: Waco GXE, Sevierville, TN, September 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2023, 17:09 local time
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Airport: Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NP8J
- Location: 35.8578° N, 83.5287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GATLINBURG-PIGEON FORGE (GKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8578&lon=-83.5287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N312DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco GXE (registry code 9600702, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-gxe) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO GXE
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230918011302I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, AT 17:09 EST, THE PIC OF AN AIRPLANE CONDUCTING A LOCAL AIR TOUR OPERATION TAXIIED FROM THE RAMP TO AN AREA THE PIC CONDUCTED HIS RUNUPS. UPON REACHING THE AREA TO PERFORM THE RUNUP, THE PILOT BEGAN A LEFT TURN. AS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN THE LEFT TURN, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD OF A STATIONARY HELICOPTER. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE PROPELLER OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE HELICOPTER’S ROTOR BLADE. THE PILOT OF THE HELICOPTER WAS PREFLIGHTING. THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE LEFT DOOR AND THE HELICOPTER. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK AFTER THE COLLISION, THE PILOT OF THE HELICOPTER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE HIMSELF AWAY FROM THE COLLIDED AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE COLLISION, THE PIC OF THE AIRPLANE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. HE AND THE 2 PASSENGERS DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N152KB, Robinson Helicopter Co R66: no report for this aircraft; [N152KB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N152KB) is registered now

## Other reports on N312DC (1)

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

- [Accident 20080525835409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080525835409A), May 25, 2008: Waco GXE (N312DC), Provincetown, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that a touchdown on runway 7 aircraft started to veer to the right. As it did so he applied left rudder and left aileron in an attempt to…

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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