From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot of an aero commander AC-500 was maneuvering the aricraft from the non movement area to the taxi, run up area for the purpose of performing the de-ice inspection prior to excepting clearance to depart the airport. The pilot decided to abort the procedure and return the aircraft to the parking area. On taxi back the wing tip of the aero commander struck the vertical stabilizer and rudder of a Cessna 402-B aircraft which was parked in the non movement area. Damage to the aero commander was minor, damage to the Cessna aircraft was substantial. No accident report was required as the aircraft was not being moved for the purpose of flight. The weather at the time of the incident was heavy snow and poor visibility. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT OF AN AERO COMMANDER AC-500 WAS MANEUVERING THE ARICRAFT FROM THE NON MOVEMENT AREA TO THE TAXI, RUN UP AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING THE DE-ICE INSPECTION PRIOR TO EXCEPTING CLEARANCE TO DEPART THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE PROCEDURE AND RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PARKING AREA. ON TAXI BACK THE WING TIP OF THE AERO COMMANDER STRUCK THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER OF A CESSNA 402-B AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE NON MOVEMENT AREA. DAMAGE TO THE AERO COMMANDER WAS MINOR, DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL. NO ACCIDENT REPORT WAS REQUIRED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT BEING MOVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS HEAVY SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N9382R · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.