Charter king air on taxi after landing had propeller hit ice berm on taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	260788
Time
Date	199401
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mli
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Beechcraft Twin Turboprop Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	260788
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

While conducting after landing taxi operations in king air at quad city airport (mli), illinois, an ice berm or obstruction hidden by snow was struck with the right propeller. This resulted in enough damage to 2 blade tips to prevent further flight operations. An attempt was made to locate the exact place of contact, but the city's snow removal crews had accelerated the snow removal and any further evidence was gone. All operations were conducted with caution and on the designated landing and taxiway portions of the airport. It is suspected that previous snow removal efforts left some frozen ridges that were concealed by new snow. I believe the inadequate snow removal and ice removal by crews at the airport to be the cause of this incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CHARTER KING AIR ON TAXI AFTER LNDG HAD PROP HIT ICE BERM ON TXWY.

Narrative: WHILE CONDUCTING AFTER LNDG TAXI OPS IN KING AIR AT QUAD CITY ARPT (MLI), ILLINOIS, AN ICE BERM OR OBSTRUCTION HIDDEN BY SNOW WAS STRUCK WITH THE R PROP. THIS RESULTED IN ENOUGH DAMAGE TO 2 BLADE TIPS TO PREVENT FURTHER FLT OPS. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO LOCATE THE EXACT PLACE OF CONTACT, BUT THE CITY'S SNOW REMOVAL CREWS HAD ACCELERATED THE SNOW REMOVAL AND ANY FURTHER EVIDENCE WAS GONE. ALL OPS WERE CONDUCTED WITH CAUTION AND ON THE DESIGNATED LNDG AND TXWY PORTIONS OF THE ARPT. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT PREVIOUS SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS LEFT SOME FROZEN RIDGES THAT WERE CONCEALED BY NEW SNOW. I BELIEVE THE INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AND ICE REMOVAL BY CREWS AT THE ARPT TO BE THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.