# Accident 19970504007789A: Lkheed P38L, Galveston, TX, May 4, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2995° N, 94.7907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2995&lon=-94.7907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9005R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED P38L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 175 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970504007789A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH SERVICE VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING. FAILED FOLLOW MARSHALLERS SIGNALS. MADE SHARP TURNS. MARSHALLER ERRORS (-23) ON MAY 4, 1997, AT 0930 CDT A LOCKHEED, P-38-L, N9005R, REGISTERED TO AIR-SERV., INC., AND BEING OPERATED BY THE LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM, COLLIDED WITH A GROUND OPERATIONS VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING AT SCHOLES FIELD, GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE PILOT (ATP), SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. A GROUND OPERATIONS PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 MAINTENANCE FLIGHT. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA176), May 4, 1997: Lockheed P-38L (N9005R), Galveston, TX, minor damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft clearance from the ground vehicle.

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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