19960124003299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Atlanta, GA · January 24, 1996

Date: January 24, 1996 · 12:00 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N28696
Reported as: Gulstm AA5B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total600 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N28696Registered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BS/N AA5B0761 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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: aircraft was taxiing for takeoff; however, as it moved from the parked location, the brakes failed, causing it to strike a truck parked in an aircraft parking space. The leading edge of the right aircraft wing, approximately four and one half feet from fuselage outboard had a depression approximately one half of an inch deep and approximately four and one half inches in length. The prop had light scratches on one blade and the other blade had light scratches and was bent back approximately two degrees approximately three inches from tip. The truck received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF; HOWEVER, AS IT MOVED FROM THE PARKED LOCATION, THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING IT TO STRIKE A TRUCK PARKED IN AN AIRCRAFT PARKING SPACE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT WING, APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND ONE HALF FEET FROM FUSELAGE OUTBOARD HAD A DEPRESSION APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF OF AN INCH DEEP AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES IN LENGTH. THE PROP HAD LIGHT SCRATCHES ON ONE BLADE AND THE OTHER BLADE HAD LIGHT SCRATCHES AND WAS BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY TWO DEGREES APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES FROM TIP. THE TRUCK RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.