Incident Overview
Date: Friday 17 January 2003
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 1900C
Owner/operator: Skylink Express
Registration Number: C-GSKG
Location: St. John’s Airport, NL (YYT/CYYT) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Vertical fin, left outboard trailing edge corner of the elevatorVertical fin, left outboard trailing edge corner of the elevator
Category: Accident
A Beech 1900C aircraft experienced a sideways slide into a parking spot on the St. John’s Airport ramp due to a broadside wind. The crew applied engine power but failed to prevent contact with a parked Canadian Forces Hercules aircraft. The aircraft sustained significant damage to the vertical fin and left wing corner of the elevator.A Beech 1900C aircraft experienced a sideways slide into a parking spot on the St. John’s Airport ramp due to a broadside wind. The crew applied engine power but failed to prevent contact with a parked Canadian Forces Hercules aircraft. The aircraft sustained significant damage to the vertical fin and left wing corner of the elevator.
Description
The Beech 1900C aircraft was turning into a parking spot on the Shell Aero ramp at the St. John’s Airport and when the aircraft was part way through the turn, and broadside to a 30 knot wind, the aircraft began to slide sideways. The crew added engine power but were unable to prevent the aircraft from contacting a Canadian Forces Hercules aircraft that was parked on the ramp. The Beech 1900C sustained substantial damaged to the vertical fin on the lower left side of the horizontal stabilizer as well as to the left outboard trailing edge corner of the elevator. The damage to the Hercules was limited to a foot long shallow dent on the leading edge of the left wing outboard of the number 1 engine.
Primary Cause
Broadside wind conditions and insufficient engine power to control the aircraft’s trajectory.Broadside wind conditions and insufficient engine power to control the aircraft’s trajectory.Share on:
