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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-33 · Camarillo, CA · May 29, 1995

Date: May 29, 1995 · 15:50 local
Place: Camarillo, CA
Airport: Camarillo Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N603V
Reported as: Beech 3533
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 475 total300 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N603VRegistered now · Beech 35-33S/N CD-122 · Built 1960 Airframe modelBeech 35-33 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: a/c was taxiing eastbound on the taxiway and made a right turn into a parking row and the left wing tip tank struck nose of N1345C causing minor damage to both aircraft. Pilot stated that he had been distracted and his attention diverted from taxiing. He claimed he was not taxiing fast, it was strictly a combination of a lack of attention on his part and a narrow taxiway. Pilot was counseled. Recommend no further action.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A/C WAS TAXIING EASTBOUND ON THE TAXIWAY AND MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING ROW AND THE LEFT WING TIP TANK STRUCK NOSE OF N1345C CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DISTRACTED AND HIS ATTENTION DIVERTED FROM TAXIING. HE CLAIMED HE WAS NOT TAXIING FAST, IT WAS STRICTLY A COMBINATION OF A LACK OF ATTENTION ON HIS PART AND A NARROW TAXIWAY. PILOT WAS COUNSELED. RECOMMEND NO FURTHER ACTION.