37.3394° N, 121.8950° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 27, 1996 · 13:10 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17978
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total600 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: while taxiing in a confined area, pilot was distracted by a car parked in the taxi area, which resulted in the l/h wing tip impacting on a parked aircraft, hitting the nose section of the aircraft. No pilot deviation or 8020-11 generated. This terminates the investigation and the report is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING IN A CONFINED AREA, PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY A CAR PARKED IN THE TAXI AREA, WHICH RESULTED IN THE L/H WING TIP IMPACTING ON A PARKED AIRCRAFT, HITTING THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO PILOT DEVIATION OR 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THE REPORT IS CLOSED.