# Incident 19980406010929I: Boeing PT13D, Siler City, NC, April 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1998, 17:10 local time
- Place: Siler City, NC
- Airport: Blair Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7281° N, 79.4643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siler City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7281&lon=-79.4643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55520, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing PT-13D (registry code 1380122, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-pt-13d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT13D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980406010929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 1700 LOCAL ON APRIL 6, 1998, MR. BERNARD LEEWOOD LANDED HIS STEERMAN AT SILVER CITY AIRPORT. HE PROCEEDED TO TAXI INTO THE RAMP AREA AND STRUCK A PARKED (UNOCCUPIED) C-172 ON THE LEFT WING. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING OF THE C-172 AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE STEERMAN. MR. LEEWOOD HAD THE LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECT THE STEERMAN AND DEPARTED SILVER CITY.

## Other reports on N55520 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770809024649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770809024649A), Aug 9, 1977: Boeing PT13D (N55520), Morgan Hill, CA, Substantial damage. Carb air restriction due injestion of asbestos sealing material broken from alternate air ducting

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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