| Date: | Friday 14 April 2017 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | IHC Health Services, Inc. |
| Registration: | N481HC |
| MSN: | BB-1908 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3631 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Richfield Municipal Airport, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) |
| Richfield Municipal Airport, UT (KRIF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that during taxi on a parking ramp at night he decided to make a 180° left turn to position the airplane before picking up a patient. He added that during the turn, the right wing impacted a fence post. The right wing sustained substantial damage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain separation from a fence post during taxi at night.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 December 2019 | N481HC | IHC Health Services Inc | 0 | Monticello City Airport (U64), San Juan County, UT | |
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photo (c) FAA; Richfield Municipal Airport, UT; April 2017
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