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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV6 · Lancaster, TX · March 18, 1997

Date
March 18, 1997 · 15:15 local
Place
Lancaster, TX
Airport
Lancaster Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N139TX
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW97LA148
Reported as
Amtr RV6
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,960 total1,000 in this make and model34 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 moved off taxiway to the east to avoid oncoming traffic. Aircraft was stationary with engine at idle. Wing from other aircraft struck prop causing minor damage, prop to be removed for further inspection at prop shop.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT MOVED OFF TAXIWAY TO THE EAST TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AIRCRAFT WAS STATIONARY WITH ENGINE AT IDLE. WING FROM OTHER AIRCRAFT STRUCK PROP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE, PROP TO BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AT PROP SHOP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.