Incident at ISP

[bp]

RTO would be odd, windsock in the pic on top of the hangar would kind of prefer departing 15r but idk
but that's a lot of smash to be carrying into the ramp to rip a wing off

 

[Conrad]

By Ted Phillips
ted.phillips@newsday.com
@tedephillipsUpdated February 2, 2022 4:18 PM

A single-engine plane struck a parked jet while taxiing at Long Island MacArthur Airport Wednesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Two people were onboard the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 aircraft when it hit a Hawker jet, the FAA said.

MacArthur Airport spokeswoman Caroline Smith said there were no injuries in the incident, which took place in a part of airport that is separate from where large passenger airlines have hangars. Both planes were damaged, she said.

The FAA said it is investigating, and Smith said the cause has yet to be determined.

Airport fire and rescue as well as local fire departments responded, Smith said.

The FAA said the incident occurred around 8:20 a.m., but MacArthur put the time at around 7 a.m.

The Pilatus is registered to AGF Capital LLC in Glen Cove and the Hawker is registered to Wilmington, Delaware-based Skyview LLC, according to an FAA database.


Smith said in a text message that the Pilatus rents aircraft storage space from Hawthorne Global Aviation Services. Hawthorne is a "fixed base operator" at MacArthur, operating a terminal, hangar, and providing maintenance and other services, according to its website.

A person answering the phone at its Ronkonkoma office declined to comment.

 

[Beefy McGee]

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Here is the victim.

I'm thinking this and he couldn't make the turn. Lucky for the Jet Center, someone parked a Falcon to protect the hangar.
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That's a Hawker, not a Falcon.

 

[fholbert]

That's a Hawker, not a Falcon.

True, I didn’t look at the pic. It is the reported tail number however.

 

[Roger Roger]

True, I didn’t look at the pic. It is the reported tail number however.

The actual airplane is a hawker. That’s not a falcon.

 

[Fixtur]

Everything on LI has been slick as snot these past couple days, even though most are reporting 5/5/5. I can tell you HTO was no such thing until this afternoon.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Notice the cowl is missing on the Pilatus. Is that likely a result of this or possibly getting maintenance done and someone done effed up?

 

[CFI A&P]

"Can you be ready for takeoff in less than _ minutes?"

"Challenge accepted."

 

[DropTank]

Interesting that the PC12 is worth twice that of the hawker

 

[ppragman]

$5 on excessive taxi speed + ice. Weird angles may be the result of going into hard reverse on a nearly frictionless surface.

 

[DropTank]

$5 on excessive taxi speed + ice. Weird angles may be the result of going into hard reverse on a nearly frictionless surface.

I'm with you on this one. single engine beta tends to swap ends.
I can't imagine why you'd taxi fast on icy surfaces.

 

[Fixtur]

"Eh don't worry about it. This baby goes in reverse!"

 

[Wardogg]

Not sure if this answers questions or creates more.

 

[killbilly]

I'm with you on this one. single engine beta tends to swap ends.

That's really interesting. Why?

 

[fholbert]

Not sure if this answers questions or creates more.
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Well, now we know what didn’t happen. Note the guy marshaling the aircraft is running before the PC12 starts to move.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Neither fuselage looks breached and no evidence of fire, I would imagine other than needing clean pants everyone is ok

Clean undies and give it back to the bank/insurer.

 

[fholbert]

Clean undies and give it back to the bank/insurer.

Plane or undies? Maybe both?

 

[Wardogg]

Well, now we know what didn’t happen. Note the guy marshaling the aircraft is running before the PC12 starts to move.

Must have heard it spooling up.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Must have heard it spooling up.

Someone was wondering out loud whether he might have started up with the MOR at max blast. Makes as much sense as anything I've heard.

 

[Wardogg]

Someone was wondering out loud whether he might have started up with the MOR at max blast. Makes as much sense as anything I've heard.

Checklists are your friend.

Another out loud thought. Cold weather ops. When oil temps is low your supposed to go to flight idle to introduce fuel. Maybe they forgot and was having a slow start so they grabbed the MOR for a little oompf. Motor spools, pilot panics, and we're off to the races.