# Incident 19990522017049I: Amtr TAYLORCOOTA, Worthington, MN, May 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1999, 09:45 local time
- Place: Worthington, MN
- Airport: Worthington Municipal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6551° N, 95.5792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WORTHINGTON MUNI (OTG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6551&lon=-95.5792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107JH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TAYLORCOOTA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522017049I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 22, 1999, 0945 CST., AT WORTHINGTON MINICIPLE AIRPORT, COMMERCIAL HANGAR A TAXING EXPERIMENTAL TAYLOR COOTS MODEL A, AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, N107JH, COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 421, N561RC. A 87 YEAR OLD NON CURRENT PRIVATE PILOT WAS REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FOR A STATIC DISPLAY FOR THE YOUNG EAGLES ADVENTURE FLIGHTS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STARTED THE ENGINE AN APPLIED POWER TO TAXI WITH NO RESPONSE.  HE APPLIED ADDITIONAL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT JERK FORWARD COLLIDING WITH THE CESSNA 421.  THE CESSNA 421 SUSTAIN DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT WING, ENGINE PROP AND NOSE SECTION.  THE EXPERIMENTAL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND THE NOSE SECTION.  NO INJURIES.

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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