20040601009639I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV6 · Norwood, MA · June 1, 2004

Date: June 1, 2004 · 16:00 local
Place: Norwood, MA
Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: CGEMT
Reported as: Amtr RV6
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 610 total400 in this make and model10 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) privacy data omitted pilot picked up his aircraft from maintenance hanger after annual maintenance had been performed. Pilot was taxiing to his tiedown. As the pilot made a right hand turn to join a taxiway he struck a helicopter dolly. The helicopter dolly is a wooden platform on wheels, approximately 10 feet by ten feet across and about 15 inches high. The right and left main gear contacted the dolly, and the aircraft pitched forward. The wooden propeller struck the dolly surface and shattered. When the tail settled back onto the ramp the tailwheel separated. Pilot shutdown engine and exited the aircraft. Pilot was unhurt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT PICKED UP HIS AIRCRAFT FROM MAINTENANCE HANGER AFTER ANNUAL MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED. PILOT WAS TAXIING TO HIS TIEDOWN. AS THE PILOT MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN TO JOIN A TAXIWAY HE STRUCK A HELICOPTER DOLLY. THE HELICOPTER DOLLY IS A WOODEN PLATFORM ON WHEELS, APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET BY TEN FEET ACROSS AND ABOUT 15 INCHES HIGH. THE RIGHT AND LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE DOLLY, AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD. THE WOODEN PROPELLER STRUCK THE DOLLY SURFACE AND SHATTERED. WHEN THE TAIL SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RAMP THE TAILWHEEL SEPARATED. PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS UNHURT.