# Incident 20020421016039I: Amtr S1C, Fresno, CA, April 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2002, 17:46 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rimmer-Davis PITTS S1-C (registry code 7220221, https://openairdocs.org/model/rimmer-davis-pitts-s1-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR S1C
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020421016039I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19980930040949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980930040949I), Sep 30, 1998: Aviat PITTSS1S (N711Q), Jackson, CA, Minor damage. (-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…

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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