# Incident 19980817028611I: Kline Forrest O KSE5A, El Cajon, CA, August 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N589D-2013-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kline Forrest O KSE5A (registry code 05616TV, https://openairdocs.org/model/kline-forrest-o-kse5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980817028611I

## Narrative

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

ON THIS DATE PIC WAS TAXIING FOR THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. WHILE OBSERVING TWO STEARMANS TAKING OFF. PIC DID NOT NOTICE PIPER AT HOLD SHORT LINE. PILOT TAXIED INTO STATIONARY AIRCRAFT. COUNSELLED PILOT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING S-TURNS WHILE TAXIING DOWN THE TAXI WAY TO AVOID INCIDENT LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

## Other reports on N589D (2)

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

- [Accident 20021007025929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021007025929A), Oct 7, 2002: Amtr KSE5A (N589D), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On October 7, 2002, at 0815 mountain standard time, an amateur-built kline KSE5A airplane, N589D, veered off runway 21, encountered a ditch, and nosed…
- [Incident 19940813031299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940813031299I), Aug 13, 1994: N589D, Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. Lost directional control landing in a crosswind. Ran off runway.

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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