19981201041859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV-6 · Smyrna, TN · December 1, 1998

Date
December 1, 1998 · 15:45 local
Place
Smyrna, TN
Airport
Smyrna
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N200TC
Reported as
Amtr RV6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,907 total100 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-5)Pilot taxied aircraft from t hangar bravo, south toward main ramp. As aircraft turned ssw around the corner of the hangar, the right wing struck an unmarked construction trailer belonging to a contractor working on the ramp. Glare from near setting sun made trailer hard to see. Trailer was not coned or barricaded or flagged in any way.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT FROM T HANGAR BRAVO, SOUTH TOWARD MAIN RAMP. AS AIRCRAFT TURNED SSW AROUND THE CORNER OF THE HANGAR, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK AN UNMARKED CONSTRUCTION TRAILER BELONGING TO A CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THE RAMP. GLARE FROM NEAR SETTING SUN MADE TRAILER HARD TO SEE. TRAILER WAS NOT CONED OR BARRICADED OR FLAGGED IN ANY WAY.