# Incident 20031122035989I: Bbavia 7AC, Goldsboro, NC, November 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2003, 15:50 local time
- Place: Goldsboro, NC
- Airport: Goldsboro-Wayne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3782° N, 77.9719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goldsboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3782&lon=-77.9719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2063E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2063E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 300 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/20031122035989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO PIC WHILE TAXIING FROM THE HANGAR AREA TO THE MAIN PARKING RAMP HE STRUCK A PORTABLE HELICOPTER LAUNCH/LANDING PAD WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TAXIWAY IS WHEN HE STRUCK THE UNATTENDED HELIO-PAD. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO FOLD AND COLLAPSE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, DAMAGE TO THE GEAR FUSELAGE ATTACH POINTS, DAMAGE TO THE TURNING PROPELLER AND DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWL AND WING TIP.

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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