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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Glasairiii · Tucson, AZ · October 13, 1996

Date: October 13, 1996 · 13:30 local
Place: Tucson, AZ
Airport: Tucson International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25SX
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total170 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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 called for taxi and was cleared to "taxi runway 29R via alpha and use intersection alpha 13". As pilot was attempting to enter taxiway alpha adjacent to alpha 5 from his position on the general aviation ramp area, the aircraft entered an area under construction that was notam'd closed. In the process of either entering or attempting to exit the construction area, the propeller and nose gear strut sustained damage to the point that the pilot decided to shut down. The aircraft in the construction area to prevent further damage. Aircraft registration process for N25SX was not completed at the time of this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT CALLED FOR TAXI AND WAS CLEARED TO "TAXI RUNWAY 29R VIA ALPHA AND USE INTERSECTION ALPHA 13". AS PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER TAXIWAY ALPHA ADJACENT TO ALPHA 5 FROM HIS POSITION ON THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP AREA, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS NOTAM'D CLOSED. IN THE PROCESS OF EITHER ENTERING OR ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE CONSTRUCTION AREA, THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR STRUT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE POINT THAT THE PILOT DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR N25SX WAS NOT COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT.