# Accident 19980526021371A: Amtr EAGLE2, Lincoln, NE, May 26, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 26, 1998, 18:06 local time - Place: Lincoln, NE - Airport: Lincoln Municipal - Damage: Minor damage - Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.9093° N, 96.7895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9093&lon=-96.7895&mi=10 - Aircraft: N60HB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60HB) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Barr Harry EAGLE II (registry code 05616LH, https://openairdocs.org/model/barr-harry-eagle-ii) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR EAGLE2 - Reported engine: LYC IO360A1D6 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 200 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA177) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980526021371A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. STRUCK TAIL OF M20J N11498 THAT WAS HOLDING SHORT OF ACTIVE RUNWAY. INCOMPLAETE MID REPORT. (.4)N60HB LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 17L ON TAXIWAY KILO. N11498 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17L AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON KILO AND TO CONTACT GROUND CONTROL. THE PILOT REPORTED HE CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT GROUND CONTROL. N60HB WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 17L AND TO MONITOR GROUND CONTROL. N60HB PROCEEDED ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND PRIOR TO CROSSING THE HOLD SHORT LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE PROPELLER FROM N60HB CONTACTED THE ELEVATOR OF N11498. THE PILOT OF N60HB STATED THAT UPON CROSSING 17L SHE BEGAN AN 'S' TURN AT WHICH TIME SHE SAW N11498, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID CONTACTING THE AIRPLANE. SHE SAID THERE IS A CREST IN THE MIDDLE OF 17L AND SHE NEVER HEARD MENTION OF THE MOONEY ON EITHER THE TOWER OR GROUND CONTROL FREQUENCIES. (-23)PITTS N60HB STRUCK THE ELEVATOR OF MOONEY N11498 WHILE IT WAS STOPPED JUST CLEAR OF RUNWAY 17L AT TAXIWAY KILO. ## Other aircraft in the event - N11498, Mooney M20J: [Accident 19980526021372A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980526021372A) ## 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 CHI98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA177), May 26, 1998: Barr Eagle II (N60HB), Lincoln, NE, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot of N60BH failed to maintain clearance with N11498. Factors associated with the accident were the diminished visual lookout due to the runway and the tail wheel configuration of N60HB, along… ## Other reports on N60HB (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19990711018939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990711018939I), Jul 11, 1999: Amtr CHRISEAGLE2 (N60HB), Petersburg, NE. (-5)Airman preflighted and added fuel prior to first flight, on return flight pilot did not re-check fuel or oil, engine quit due to fuel starvation on return… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.