# Incident 20030703022929I: Beech E33A, Reno, NV, July 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2003, 05:35 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8377N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8377N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E33A (registry code 1151424, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030703022929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT IN EARLY MORNING LIGHT AND FAILED TO FOLLOW A PATH TO AVOID COLLISION WITH CONCRETE CURB. AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. PILOT STATED THAT NEWLY SEALED RAMP DID NOT HAVE MARKING TO HELP AVOID THE CURB BUT INSPECTION OF THE RAMP REVEALED NO NEW SEALER THAT WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THE TAXI LINES. THE PILOT CUT ACROSS THE RAMP WHERE NO LINES ARE PAINTED AND WHILE LOOKING TOWARD THE EARLY SUN AND ALSO DIRECTING SOME OF HIS ATTENTION INTO THE COCKPIT TO LOOK AT CHARTS RAN INTO THE CURB WHICH SEPARATES THE RAMP FROM THE VOID AREA BEFORE THE TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N8377N (1)

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

- [Incident 19980920032729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980920032729I), Sep 20, 1998: Beech E33A (N8377N), Monterey, CA, Minor damage. No flaps on west landing 28L Monterey. Green light on single light for gear down. Pilot stated "I did not elevate nose gear window for gear down position, on…

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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