20030131001239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV-4 · Glendale, AZ · January 31, 2003

Date: January 31, 2003 · 12:11 local
Place: Glendale, AZ
Airport: Glendale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N493DB
Reported as: Amtr RV4
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,375 total500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N493DBRegistered now · Brickner David R RV-4S/N 2576 · Built 1993 Airframe modelBrickner David R RV-4 Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On January 31, 2003 a brickner/RV-4 serial number 2576, N493DB, owned and operated by david roger brickner, private pilot certificate number 001837151 struck a rock with the right tire during taxi for flight at the Glendale airport, Glendale AZ. The tire on the right side was blown, which caused the wheel to quit rotating. The aircraft then nosed over striking the propeller. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the propeller, main landing gear, and the tail landing gear. The pilot was not injured. Weather was not a factor. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 31, 2003 A BRICKNER/RV-4 SERIAL NUMBER 2576, N493DB, OWNED AND OPERATED BY DAVID ROGER BRICKNER, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 001837151 STRUCK A ROCK WITH THE RIGHT TIRE DURING TAXI FOR FLIGHT AT THE GLENDALE AIRPORT, GLENDALE AZ. THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS BLOWN, WHICH CAUSED THE WHEEL TO QUIT ROTATING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER STRIKING THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND THE TAIL LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.