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FAA incident report · Amtr S1C · Fresno, CA · April 21, 2002

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Date
April 21, 2002 · 17:46 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N711Q
Reported as
Amtr S1C
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total70 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days
N711QRegistered now · Rimmer-Davis PITTS S1-CS/N RD1 · Built 1975Airframe modelRimmer-Davis PITTS S1-CEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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What happened

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(-23) On 04-21-02 at approximately 1746 hours local PDT. Mr. James allen shoenberger, an ATP rated pilot, was acting as pilot in command of a pitts aircraft, N711Q, which he owns. The aircraft was parked in the transient aircraft parking area at the Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport, Fresno, CA. Mr. Shoenberger was maintaining his parked position with the engine running while holding the foot brakes on as the aircraft does not have an emergency brake. He was intending to relocate for refueling and was setting his dark glasses down when he heard a noise, realized he was moving and applied the brakes harder stopping the aircraft. He raised up and checked in front of the aircraft and immediately shut down the aircraft engine. The aircraft had inched forward and the nose spinner scraped and the propeller struck the right elevator of a Cessna 172, N73113. The right elevator of the Cessna 172 and the propeller of the pitts suffered the only damage in the collision of the two aircraft. There were no injuries in this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 04-21-02 AT APPROXIMATELY 1746 HOURS LOCAL PDT. MR. JAMES ALLEN SHOENBERGER, AN ATP RATED PILOT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A PITTS AIRCRAFT, N711Q, WHICH HE OWNS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED IN THE TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA AT THE FRESNO-CHANDLER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, FRESNO, CA. MR. SHOENBERGER WAS MAINTAINING HIS PARKED POSITION WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING WHILE HOLDING THE FOOT BRAKES ON AS THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY BRAKE. HE WAS INTENDING TO RELOCATE FOR REFUELING AND WAS SETTING HIS DARK GLASSES DOWN WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE, REALIZED HE WAS MOVING AND APPLIED THE BRAKES HARDER STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT. HE RAISED UP AND CHECKED IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD INCHED FORWARD AND THE NOSE SPINNER SCRAPED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RIGHT ELEVATOR OF A CESSNA 172, N73113. THE RIGHT ELEVATOR OF THE CESSNA 172 AND THE PROPELLER OF THE PITTS SUFFERED THE ONLY DAMAGE IN THE COLLISION OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THIS INCIDENT.

Other reports on N711Q · 1

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

Incident 19980930040949IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Jackson, CA(-5)As the amateur built aircraft was rolling out on runway 19 at Westover airport, Jackson, CA.. A gust of wind lifted the right wing of the aircraft and caused it to rotate 270 degree's (ground loop). The pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained…Sep 30, 1998 · Reported as Aviat PITTSS1S · Minor damage