# Accident 19980921037702A: Amtr LANCAIRIV, Reno, NV, September 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7093° N, 119.8209° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7093&lon=-119.8209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N805L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bognuda Livio IV LANCAIR (registry code 05626TQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/bognuda-livio-iv-lancair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIV
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921037702A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS STRUCK IN THE TAIL SECTION BY N24SF, WHICH WAS TAXIING, ACFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD STOPPED FOR C-130 TO TAKE ACTIVE RUNEAY. WHILE STOPPED AIRCRAFT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY SEAFURY N24SF. DAMAGE TO RUDDER, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, RIGHT ELEVATOR AND RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE. (.4) THE LANCAIR WAS HOLDING POSITION ON THE TAXIWAY WHILE AWAITING TAKEOFF WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A HAWKER SEA FURY. THE LANCAIR PILOT WAS STOPPED 500 TO 600 FEET BEHIND A MILITARY C-130 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIN TO AVOID THRUST TURBULENCE. THE PILOT OF THE TAIL WHEEL EQUIPPED SEA FURY, ALSO TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE PRESENCE OF THE SMALLER AIRCRAFT AND NEVER SAW IT ON THE TAXIWAY AHEAD UNTIL THE PROPELLER OF HIS AIRCRAFT BEGAN STRIKING THE EMPENNAGE OF THE LANCAIR. THE SEA FURY PILOT REPORTED DIFFICULTY S-TURNING WHILE TAXIING DUE TO THRUST TURBULENCE FROM OTHER MILITARY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY HE WAS USING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N24SF, Amtr SEAFURYTMK20: [Accident 19980921037701A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921037701A)

## 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 LAX98LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA302), Sep 21, 1998: Bognuda Livio IV Lancair (N805L), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate visual surveillance of the taxiway in front of his aircraft to avoid the collision.

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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