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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr STARDUSTR300 · Ann Arbor, MI · December 2, 2000

Date
December 2, 2000 · 13:54 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45GG
Reported as
Amtr STARDUSTR300
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total110 in this make and model15 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)privacy data omittedwas taxiing his starduster to the run up area. The starduster too is a conventional gear aircraft with limited forward visibility while taxiing. He was making "s" turns while taxiing.privacy data omittedObserved one Cessna in the runup area. Prior to his entering the run up area from the taxiway the Cessna moved to the hold line for takeoff.privacy data omittedContinued into the runup area under the belief that it was clear. However, there was another Cessna behind the first and he did not see it. His propellor contacted the left wing tip of the Cessna resulting in minor damage to the Cessna and scratches to his propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA^WAS TAXIING HIS STARDUSTER TO THE RUN UP AREA. THE STARDUSTER TOO IS A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT WITH LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY WHILE TAXIING. HE WAS MAKING "S" TURNS WHILE TAXIING.^PRIVACY DATA^OBSERVED ONE CESSNA IN THE RUNUP AREA. PRIOR TO HIS ENTERING THE RUN UP AREA FROM THE TAXIWAY THE CESSNA MOVED TO THE HOLD LINE FOR TAKEOFF.^PRIVACY DATA^CONTINUED INTO THE RUNUP AREA UNDER THE BELIEF THAT IT WAS CLEAR. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ANOTHER CESSNA BEHIND THE FIRST AND HE DID NOT SEE IT. HIS PROPELLOR CONTACTED THE LEFT WING TIP OF THE CESSNA RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA AND SCRATCHES TO HIS PROPELLER.