19990412037619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LION HEART · Lakeland, FL · April 12, 1999

Date
April 12, 1999 · 13:20 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N985L
Reported as
Amtr Lionheart
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,950 total100 in this make and model25 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.

(-23) Aircraft was taxiing on closed runway. Pilot was being directed by three marshallers. Ground personnel thought pilot wouod make a quartering left turn to enter active runway for takeoff. Aircraft taxied straight and struck a parked van. The van was parked in the center of the closed runway perpendicular to the active runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON CLOSED RUNWAY. PILOT WAS BEING DIRECTED BY THREE MARSHALLERS. GROUND PERSONNEL THOUGHT PILOT WOUOD MAKE A QUARTERING LEFT TURN TO ENTER ACTIVE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT TAXIED STRAIGHT AND STRUCK A PARKED VAN. THE VAN WAS PARKED IN THE CENTER OF THE CLOSED RUNWAY PERPENDICULAR TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.