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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180D · Rockland, ME · April 21, 2001

Date: April 21, 2001 · 15:00 local
Place: Rockland, ME
Airport: Knox County Regional
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8657X
Reported as: Cessna 180D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,062 total1,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N8657XRegistered now · Cessna 180DS/N 18051057 · Built 1961 Airframe modelCessna 180D Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23)On 4-21-01, at approximately 1500 LCL, Cessna 180D, N8657X operated by privacy data omitted was taxiing across ramp area after landing at Rockland airport (rkd), in owls head, ME and failed to see a ceesna 150,N8451M parked in an approved parking spot. The right wing strut of the Cessna 180D struck the left wing tip on the Cessna 150 causing the 180D to turn into the Cessna 150. The propeller of the Cessna 180D hit the leading edge of the left wing and the left side of the engine cowling on the Cessna 150 causing substantial damage to the Cessna 150. The Cessna 180D received minor damage to the wing strut and the engine cowling. The Cessna 150 was unoccupied at the time. The pilot of the Cessna 180D was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON 4-21-01, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LCL, CESSNA 180D, N8657X OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING ACROSS RAMP AREA AFTER LANDING AT ROCKLAND AIRPORT (RKD), IN OWLS HEAD, ME AND FAILED TO SEE A CEESNA 150,N8451M PARKED IN AN APPROVED PARKING SPOT. THE RIGHT WING STRUT OF THE CESSNA 180D STRUCK THE LEFT WING TIP ON THE CESSNA 150 CAUSING THE 180D TO TURN INTO THE CESSNA 150. THE PROPELLER OF THE CESSNA 180D HIT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING ON THE CESSNA 150 CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA 150. THE CESSNA 180D RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUT AND THE ENGINE COWLING. THE CESSNA 150 WAS UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 180D WAS NOT INJURED.