# Incident 20240716007679I: Fairchild SA227-DC, Ellsworth Afb, SD, July 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2024, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ellsworth Afb, SD
- Airport: Ellsworth Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operator: NBFJ
- Location: 44.1451° N, 103.1036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLSWORTH AFB (RCA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1451&lon=-103.1036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55CE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-DC (registry code 3377521, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign TPE331-12UHR (registry code 02505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-tpe331-12uhr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-DC
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240716007679I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/16/2024 AT 1530 A FAIRCHILD SA227-DC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DURING A TAXI TO RUNWAY. VMC PREVAILED, AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND FUSELAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS AN ATP CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE (RCA) ON 7/16/2024 AT 1530.

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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