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| Date: | Friday 26 July 1985 |
| Time: | 11:29 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E90 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | TAP Air Portugal |
| Registration: | CS-TFA |
| MSN: | LW-102 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Faro Airport (FAO/LPFR) -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Faro Airport (FAO/LPFR) |
| Lisbon-Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS/LPPT) | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Portugal |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 26, 1985, the BEECH E-9O aircraft, with the nationality and registration CS-TFA, was prepared to make flight TP9615 from Faro (LPFR) toLisbon (LPPT).
During the taxiing to runway 29 and because the pilot mistook the central lights for the sides, a collision of the aircraft with one of the side lights was observed. The left engine propeller blades suffered damage to their tips, so the mis-flight schedule was interrupted for necessary repairs.
The incident occurred at night in weather conditions considered good.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/1985/19850504_BE9L_CS-TFA.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/5849697 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 May 1985 | CS-TFA | TAP Air Portugal | 0 | Faro Airport (FAO/LPFR) | |
unk |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
| 1 May 1998 | F-GABV | Société Soon | 2 | Mt.des Avaloirs, Mayenne |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2025 22:59 | Justanormalperson | Added |
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