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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1 · Farmingdale, NY · May 7, 1997

Date: May 7, 1997 · 13:20 local
Place: Farmingdale, NY
Airport: Republic
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N668DA
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 27 total27 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

N668DARegistration cancelled Oct 26, 2000 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1S/N 10191 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1

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: student pilot while taxiing misjudged taxiway clearance around a parked van. Aircrafat wing tip struck van and caused aircraft to swing around to its left causing the nose of the aircraft to strike the rear of the parked van. Very slight damage to the aircraft and no injuries. Student and CFI counseled in taxiing procedures and avoiding objects on the ground.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT WHILE TAXIING MISJUDGED TAXIWAY CLEARANCE AROUND A PARKED VAN. AIRCRAFAT WING TIP STRUCK VAN AND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO SWING AROUND TO ITS LEFT CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE REAR OF THE PARKED VAN. VERY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. STUDENT AND CFI COUNSELED IN TAXIING PROCEDURES AND AVOIDING OBJECTS ON THE GROUND.