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| Date: | Tuesday 11 July 2017 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Alenia C-27J Spartan |
| Owner/operator: | US Coast Guard (USCG) |
| Registration: | 2703 |
| MSN: | 4148 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport (SFO), CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan Airfield, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
After taxiing to a runway and while preparing for takeoff, one of the propellers of the plane hit the runway. A wing of the plane was also damaged.
There were no personal injuries.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170712055430/https://www.stripes.com/news/us/us-coast-guard-plane-clips-runway-at-san-francisco-airport-1.477543
https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/wing-of-coast-guard-plane-hits-airport-runway/article_2356d5b4-66c0-11e7-b3e6-c70429eaaa4d.html
https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/11/sfo-runway-reopens-after-coast-guard-plane-incident/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/07/12/sfo-coast-guard-c-27-propeller-strike/
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Accident-Reported-at-San-Francisco-International-Airport-433942233.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_BAYBrand
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/uscg#results
Media:
Propeller of U.S. Coast Guard twin-engine plane clips SFO Runway: Source https://t.co/JMArJcQLwn pic.twitter.com/Lpp878HPfR
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) 12 juillet 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jul-2017 16:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jul-2017 16:35 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Jul-2017 17:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 12-Jul-2017 18:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jul-2017 05:53 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 25-Oct-2025 18:20 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 25-Oct-2025 19:02 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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