19980122002039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Yakovlev YAK-55M · Tucson, AZ · January 22, 1998

Date
January 22, 1998 · 10:00 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Avra Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N202YA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total60 in this make and model2 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 was taxiing his tailwheel aircraft for takeoff when he looked down to check the oil temp and the aircraft exited the taxiway and collided with a fence. The aircraft received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING HIS TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN TO CHECK THE OIL TEMP AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.