# Incident 20010610011301I: Amtr VANSRV8, Sanford, ME, June 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2001, 08:35 local time
- Place: Sanford, ME
- Airport: Sanford Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4392° N, 70.7742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4392&lon=-70.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N628GT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Theriault Gil VAN'S RV-8 (registry code 056078E, https://openairdocs.org/model/theriault-gil-van-s-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 88 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010610011301I

## Narrative

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

(-23)BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD JUST REFUELED AND WERE TAXIING ON ALFA TAXIWAY TO GO OVER TO AN EVENT BEING HELD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT HEARD THE RV3,IN FRONT,SAY TO THE TOWER THAT HE WAS CROSSING RUNWAY 32. THE PILOT LOOKED DOWN TO CHECK HIS FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND MENTALLY THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT HAD GONE ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  SUBSEQUENTLY HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF HIM AND APPLIED THE BRAKES CAUSING HIS AIRCRAFT TO PITCH NOSE DOWN AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER, VERTICAL FIN, ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3456B, Amtr VANSRV3: [Incident 20010610011302I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010610011302I)

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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