# Incident 19961013038779I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Tucson, AZ, October 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25SX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 170 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961013038779I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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