19991019029749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20D · Bedford, MA · October 19, 1999

Date
October 19, 1999 · 19:55 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31NM
Reported as
Mooney M20D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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) Pilot taxiing in controlled area of airport at night. Parking area lighting was minimal. An FBO had left an electric cart (golf cart) parked in a shadowed area used for taxiing to/from private hangar area. Pilot could not see cart. No violation determined.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT TAXIING IN CONTROLLED AREA OF AIRPORT AT NIGHT. PARKING AREA LIGHTING WAS MINIMAL. AN FBO HAD LEFT AN ELECTRIC CART (GOLF CART) PARKED IN A SHADOWED AREA USED FOR TAXIING TO/FROM PRIVATE HANGAR AREA. PILOT COULD NOT SEE CART. NO VIOLATION DETERMINED.