19990613014849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stnson L-5E · Paso Robles, CA · June 13, 1999

Date
June 13, 1999 · 12:15 local
Place
Paso Robles, CA
Airport
Paso Robles Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45CV
Reported as
Stnson L5E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
8,400 total200 in this make and model6 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.

While taxing to the active runway, the pilot applied exvessive brake pressure causing the aircraft tailwheel to raise up onto the propeller which struck the taxiway shattering the wooden propeller. After the strike, the aircraft returned to the tailwheel braking the tailwheel support assembly.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, THE PILOT APPLIED EXVESSIVE BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TAILWHEEL TO RAISE UP ONTO THE PROPELLER WHICH STRUCK THE TAXIWAY SHATTERING THE WOODEN PROPELLER. AFTER THE STRIKE, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE TAILWHEEL BRAKING THE TAILWHEEL SUPPORT ASSEMBLY.