# Incident 20030712014059I: Boeing A75N1, Santa Monica, CA, July 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2003, 13:45 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555BF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555BF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030712014059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DR. SHERMAN CONTACTED ME REGARDING THE TAXI ACCIDENT AT SANTA MONICA ON JULY 12, 2003. HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS PULLING THE STEARMAN, N555BF, HE NOTICED A KING AIR PARKED NEAR HIM WAS STARTING ITS ENGINES. THE RAMP AREA WAS VERY CONGESTED AND THE KING AIR WOULD HAVE TO TURN PAST HIM TO EXIT THE RAMP. DR. SHERMAN PULLED THE STEARMAN OUT AND POINTED IT TO THE SOUTH, MOVING IT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE KING AIR SO THAT IT COULD PASS. HE STATED THAT HE NORMALLY PUTS THE AIRPLANE DIRECTLY ON THE CENTERLINE IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR. DURING HIS PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, HE NOTICED AN AEROSTAR PARKED SOUTH OF HIS AIRCRAFT. AFTER ENGINE START, DR. SHERMAN CONTACTED ATC FOR A TAXI CLEARANCE. AS HE PULLED FORWARD, HE WAS TALKING TO ATC AND BEGINNING HIS TAXI TO THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT HE HAD "MISPLACED" THE AEROSTAR IN HIS HEAD SINCE HE WAS MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN HE NORMALLY USES TO TAXI FROM HIS HANGAR. HE SAID THAT HE NEEDS ABOUT 30 FEET OF FORWARD MOTION BEFORE HE CAN BEGIN TO FISHTAIL SO AS TO SEE AROUND THE NOSE DURING TAXI. THE PROPELLER OF THE STEARMAN CONTACTED THE NOSE OF THE AEROSTAR PRIOR TO 30 FEET.

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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