# Incident 20010424008659I: Cessna 182Q, Monterey, CA, April 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2001, 10:15 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010424008659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS TAXIING HIS RENTED AIRCRAFT (RENTED FROM SUN WEST AIRCRAFT, INC.), A CESSNA 182Q, N12KM, FROM ITS PARKING SPOT ON THE MILLIONAIR PARKING APRON TOWARDS THE EASTERN END OF RUNWAY 10 RIGHT/28 LEFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE EDGE OF TAXIWAY "A", AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY "E", ^PRIVACY DAT^ BRGAN A RIGHT TURN, AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN WITH THE PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE TAXIWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN WAS SURROUNDED BY A PAINTED DOUBLE YELLOW CIRCLE, WHICH MEASURED ABOUT 46 FEET EAST TO WEST AND 34 FEET NORTH TO SOUTH.  THE SIGN WAS ABOUT 88 INCHES LONG AND 26 INCHES HIGH.  ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE OF DEL MONTE AVIATION, RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT AND TOLD ^PRIVACY DAT^ THAT HE SHOULD NOT FLY THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT AN INSPECTION.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ SPOKE TO SOMEONE ON HIS CELL PHONE AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE CALL, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO FLY IT HOME.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ITS HOME BASE, SUN WEST AVIATION INC HAD THE PROPELLER INSPECTED BY GOLDEN STATE PROPELLER IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA.  UPON INSPECTION, THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND TO BE BEYOND REPAIR LIMITS TO REMOVE THE DAMAGES.  THE PROPELLER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED.

## Other reports on N12KM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930112003209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930112003209I), Jan 12, 1993: Cessna 182Q (N12KM), Reno, NV. Engine lost power at level off. Returned. Engine quit on rollout. Air filter was impacted with ice.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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