ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141941
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| Date: | Thursday 15 December 2011 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Wright Air Service Inc |
| Registration: | N9FW |
| MSN: | 31-7405468 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18175 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LTIO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hughes Airport, Hughes, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks, AK (FAI) |
| Hughes, AK (HUS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator reported that, after loading the airplane, the pilot started to taxi, and the left engine's propeller struck a piece of baggage that was left on the ramp after a prior flight. The propeller picked up the baggage and threw it onto the upper left side of the fuselage, resulting in substantial damage.
Probable Cause: The pilot did not clear the area surrounding the airplane prior to taxi, resulting in the airplane contacting a piece of baggage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9FW
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2012 17:25 | Geno | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 15:27 | Geno | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Oct-2017 20:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2017 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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