# Incident 20240719010809I: Cessna 208, Montauk, NY, July 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2024, 13:00 local time
- Place: Montauk, NY
- Airport: Montauk
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: L87A
- Location: 41.0767° N, 71.9205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTAUK (MTP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0767&lon=-71.9205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801VW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801VW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A (registry code 52257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-114A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,141 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240719010809I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/19/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 PM LOCAL, A CESSNA 208 AMPHIBIOUS CARAVAN, OPERATED BY TWO PILOTS, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP LEADING EDGE WHILE TAXIING ON THE TAXIWAY AT MONTAUK AIRPORT (KMTP) IN NEW YORK. IN A STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONING FROM KMTP TO EAST HAMPTON AIRPORT (KJPX) IN CONNECTICUT TO PICK UP PASSENGERS FOR A CHARTER FLIGHT. IN A STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHILE TAXIING ON THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE AT KMTP, THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WINGTIP LEADING EDGE STRUCK A BRANCH OR A BUSH. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI AND REACHED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND FIRST OFFICER NOTICED FROM THE COCKPIT A COUPLE OF TWIGS RESTING ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP FAIRING. AT THE TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED, “THEY DID NOT NOTICE ANY IMPERFECTIONS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING OR EVIDENCE OF CONTACT OTHERWISE.” THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO KJPX TO PICK UP PASSENGERS FOR A CHARTER FLIGHT. AFTER THE END OF THE SECOND FLIGHT, AND IN PREPARATION FOR A THIRD FLIGHT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED A SMALL DENT ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP LEADING EDGE FOUND DURING HIS PREFLIGHT WALKAROUND CHECK.

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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