- Date
- June 29, 1987, 12:57 local (19:57 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 18 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N74GCde Havilland DHC-6-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870629032429A
- Case key
- 25623
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff, the underside of the left wing struck the boom of a backhoe parked adjacent to the aircraft ramp. The unattended backhoe was parked in a dirt area adjacent to the ramp with the boom in the extended position while the operator was on his lunch break.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74GC
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 559
- Airframe hours
- 19,408
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-27, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 15, 1987 · 92 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon National Prk, runway 21, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,706 total · 346 in this make and model · 4,524 as pilot in command · 313 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.