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Date
September 3, 2004 · 19:07 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Crystal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N450MS
Reported as
Boeing A75L3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total600 in this make and model15 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) Pilot was making a turn to clear the runway. While making a minimum radius turn in a conventional gear aircraft, the pilot hit a runway marking cone and runway sign with the bottom portion of the left empennage. The aircraft is a Boeing stearman.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING A TURN TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY. WHILE MAKING A MINIMUM RADIUS TURN IN A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT HIT A RUNWAY MARKING CONE AND RUNWAY SIGN WITH THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE LEFT EMPENNAGE. THE AIRCRAFT IS A BOEING STEARMAN.