# Incident 19970316045439I: Cessna 140, Ann Arbor, MI, March 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3020N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3020N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970316045439I

## Narrative

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

(-5)C140 STOPPED SUDDENLY TO AVOID COLLISSION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. WARREN S. WILLIAMS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                       MARCH 16, 1997, I AM WRITING TO DESCRIBE AN INCIDENT I SAW THIS AFTERNOON AT ANN ARBOR AIRPORT.  I WAS TAXING BEHIND A CESSNA 140 WHO I HEARD CLEARED TO TAXI TO HIS DESTINATION.  A BLUE AND WHIT CESSNA WAS TAXING QUICKLY ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND CUT IN FRONT OF THE CESSNA 140.  THE CESSNA 140 HAD TO JAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE BLUE AND WHITE CESSNA.  I COULD SEE THE TAIL LIFT WHEN THE 140 STOPPED TO AVOID BEING HIT.  THEN THE 140 CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER AND STRUCK THE PROP.  IT ENDED UP RESTING ON THE PROP AND SPINNER.  PILOT STATEMENT:  MY AIRCRAFT (3020N, A TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE) WAS BEING REPOSITIONED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.  I HAD BEEN CLEARED BY GROUND CONTROL TO TAXI TO THE NORTHEAST "T" HANGARS FROM THE NORTHWEST "T" HANGARS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.  I WAS PROCEEDING EAST ON THE TERMINAL RAMP TAXIWAY.  AS I WAS ABOUT TO MERGE HEADING NORTHEAST BOUND ONTO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY FOR RUNWAY 6/24, I SUDDENLY SAW TO MY RIGHT REAR A CESSNA 182 TAXIING AT A HIGH RATE OF   SPEED WITHIN MOMENTS OF COLLIDING WITH THE RIGHT REAR OF MY AIRCRAFT. I EXECUTED AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY STOP TO AVOID BEING HIT.  AS A RESULT OF THE FORCED STOP, I AVOIDED BEING HIT BY THE CESSNA 182, BUT THE TAIL OF MY AIRCRAFT CAME UP AND WITH THE APPROXIMATE 10 TO 12 KNOT TAILWIND THE TAIL CONTINUED ON UP AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON ITS NOSE.  DAVID M. SHUSTER

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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