20030727016469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VANS RV-6 · Huntersville, NC · July 27, 2003

Date
July 27, 2003 · 20:00 local
Place
Huntersville, NC
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N993DC
Reported as
Amtr VANSRV6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,400 total150 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 pilot was taxiing back to hanger and went over a storm drain the grate collapsed underneath the left main gear. This caused the prop to strike the ground. Damage was limited to prop and wheel pant.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PILOT WAS TAXIING BACK TO HANGER AND WENT OVER A STORM DRAIN THE GRATE COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THIS CAUSED THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO PROP AND WHEEL PANT.