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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV6 · Fresno, CA · December 12, 2000

Date: December 12, 2000 · 16:12 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N442T
Reported as: Amtr RV6
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,860 total200 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)privacy data omitted landed N442T, a travaire (RV-6), on runway 29L at kfat (Fresno Yosemite International Airport) on December 12, 2000, while taxiing from the runway to parking he turned off the runway at the intersection B-8 and was proceding southwest bound but failed to see that the pavement ended and the exit for the taxiway was to his left. The pilot reported that he had sun in his eyes and he could not see over the nose well enough to see that the direction he needed to go was to his left. He ran into a taxiway sign with the propeller and stopped the airplane at the point of impact. The weather conditions were VFR and no other airplanes were involved. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ LANDED N442T, A TRAVAIRE (RV-6), ON RUNWAY 29L AT KFAT (FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) ON DECEMBER 12, 2000, WHILE TAXIING FROM THE RUNWAY TO PARKING HE TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY AT THE INTERSECTION B-8 AND WAS PROCEDING SOUTHWEST BOUND BUT FAILED TO SEE THAT THE PAVEMENT ENDED AND THE EXIT FOR THE TAXIWAY WAS TO HIS LEFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD SUN IN HIS EYES AND HE COULD NOT SEE OVER THE NOSE WELL ENOUGH TO SEE THAT THE DIRECTION HE NEEDED TO GO WAS TO HIS LEFT. HE RAN INTO A TAXIWAY SIGN WITH THE PROPELLER AND STOPPED THE AIRPLANE AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR AND NO OTHER AIRPLANES WERE INVOLVED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.