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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VANS RV-8 · Reno, NV · August 4, 2002

Date
August 4, 2002 · 08:45 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno/Stead Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N888TS
Reported as
Amtr VANSRV8
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total120 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) While taxiing back to hangar, aircraft struck a temporary cement barrier placed on the ramp for planned auto activity during hot August nights.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING BACK TO HANGAR, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TEMPORARY CEMENT BARRIER PLACED ON THE RAMP FOR PLANNED AUTO ACTIVITY DURING HOT AUGUST NIGHTS.