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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35C33 · Truckee, CA · July 30, 1998

Date: July 30, 1998 · 13:05 local
Place: Truckee, CA
Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N639D
Reported as: Beech 35C33
Reported engine: Continental E2258
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,070 total15 in this make and model108 in the last 90 days

N639DRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2009 · Beech C35S/N D-2903 · Built 1951 Airframe modelBeech C35 Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxiing into parking. The private pilot of bech N639D, advanced the throttle and attempted to apply right brake to maneuver the aircraft into parking. The airplane failed to turn right and collided with parked airplane. The Beech sustained damage to the propeller and cowling. The parked airplane, a PA24, sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The propeller of the taxiing aircraft destroyed 75 inched of the right wing including the wing tip, main and the spars from the outboard for 68 inches, four ribs, as well as teh upper/lower skin.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING INTO PARKING. THE PRIVATE PILOT OF BECH N639D, ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO APPLY RIGHT BRAKE TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT INTO PARKING. THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO TURN RIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH PARKED AIRPLANE. THE BEECH SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THE PARKED AIRPLANE, A PA24, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. THE PROPELLER OF THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT DESTROYED 75 INCHED OF THE RIGHT WING INCLUDING THE WING TIP, MAIN AND THE SPARS FROM THE OUTBOARD FOR 68 INCHES, FOUR RIBS, AS WELL AS TEH UPPER/LOWER SKIN.