19990124010349I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Dallas, TX · January 24, 1999

Date
January 24, 1999 · 17:41 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Addison Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N17987
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total250 in this make and model150 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.

Aircraft N17987, a Beechcraft 36-36A, was taxiing north on taxiway alpha torelocate the aircraft. Aircraft N17987 was following a Cessna 172, also no rth bound. A south bound aircraft on taxiway alpha, a pitts, model S2-B,N60P was cleared by ADS ground control to pass to the right of Cessna 172, N46303. Tje pilot of N260P, the pitts S2 stated that after passing the Cessna,he returned to the taxiway centerline and collided with the left wing of t he BE-36-A36, N17987. The pilot of the Beechcraft 36-A36, stated that the southbound pitts (N360P) had already passed taxiway uniform and as it continued toward him on alpha, he positioned N17987 to the right side of taxiwayalpha and stopped the aircraft, then the pitts pitts taxied into the left wing of the aircraft. Five feet of the left wing of the Beechcraft 36 received damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N17987, A BEECHCRAFT 36-36A, WAS TAXIING NORTH ON TAXIWAY ALPHA TORELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT N17987 WAS FOLLOWING A CESSNA 172, ALSO NO RTH BOUND. A SOUTH BOUND AIRCRAFT ON TAXIWAY ALPHA, A PITTS, MODEL S2-B,N60P WAS CLEARED BY ADS GROUND CONTROL TO PASS TO THE RIGHT OF CESSNA 172, N46303. TJE PILOT OF N260P, THE PITTS S2 STATED THAT AFTER PASSING THE CESSNA,HE RETURNED TO THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE AND COLLIDED WITH THE LEFT WING OF T HE BE-36-A36, N17987. THE PILOT OF THE BEECHCRAFT 36-A36, STATED THAT THE SOUTHBOUND PITTS (N360P) HAD ALREADY PASSED TAXIWAY UNIFORM AND AS IT CONTINUED TOWARD HIM ON ALPHA, HE POSITIONED N17987 TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF TAXIWAYALPHA AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT, THEN THE PITTS PITTS TAXIED INTO THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. FIVE FEET OF THE LEFT WING OF THE BEECHCRAFT 36 RECEIVED DAMAGE.