19960415036139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco YMF · Kahului, HI · April 15, 1996

Date
April 15, 1996 · 11:45 local
Place
Kahului, HI
Airport
Kahului Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33HD
Reported as
Waco YMF
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total900 in this make and model

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: pilot stated that while taxiing using s turn methods in the direction of south to north, he became preoccupied with a parked a/s 350 on his right side. He did not notice the ce 172 that was stopped and confused by the Waco maneuvers on the taxi way. The pilot noticed the ce 172 at the last moment struck the prop with his left wing tip, braked, swerved, and came to rest on the nose prop. Engine encountered sudden stoppage. No NMAC no pilot deviation closed. Incident no. iwp 1396016

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING USING S TURN METHODS IN THE DIRECTION OF SOUTH TO NORTH, HE BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH A PARKED A/S 350 ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE DID NOT NOTICE THE CE 172 THAT WAS STOPPED AND CONFUSED BY THE WACO MANEUVERS ON THE TAXI WAY. THE PILOT NOTICED THE CE 172 AT THE LAST MOMENT STRUCK THE PROP WITH HIS LEFT WING TIP, BRAKED, SWERVED, AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE PROP. ENGINE ENCOUNTERED SUDDEN STOPPAGE. NO NMAC NO PILOT DEVIATION CLOSED. INCIDENT NO. IWP 1396016