# Incident 20240429004282I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, San Carlos, CA, April 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2024, 01:30 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 141A
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N874SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240429004282I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY APRIL 29TH, 2024, THE FLIGHT CREW ON FLIGHT FDY 3754 WITH SERVICE FROM MINDEN–TAHOE AIRPORT (MEV) TO SAN CARLOS AIRPORT (SQL) EXPERIENCED AN AIRCRAFT CONTACT EVENT WHILE TAXING TO PARK AT THE RAMP IN SQL. THE LEFT WING TIP OF THE COMPANY AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUDDER OF ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE CREW PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THE DAMAGE TO FODD (FLIGHT OPERATIONS DUTY DIRECTOR) AND MAINTENANCE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE COMPANY AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP WHILE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER.

ROOT CAUSE : THE OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PARKED CORRECTLY, IT WAS PARKED TOO FAR BACK ON THE T MARKINGS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED MORE FORWARD TO ALLOW TAIL CLEARANCE SPACE ON THE TAXIWAY, CONES WERE NOT PLACED IN THE PERIMETER OF THE PROTRUDING TAIL OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS NO GROUND CREW AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH PARKING DUE TO TIME OF LANDING

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR: TIME OF INCIDENT WAS 0130 IN THE MORNING. THERE WAS NO GROUND CREW ON STAFF TO ASSIST WITH TAXI AND PARKING AND IT WAS DARK.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N189AF, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E: no report for this aircraft; [N189AF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189AF) is registered now

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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