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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 337H · Tampa, FL · April 6, 2005

Date: April 6, 2005 · 15:00 local
Place: Tampa, FL
Airport: Vandenberg Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N704ED
Reported as: Cessna 337H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 957 total444 in this make and model49 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) On April 6, 2005, the aircraft was taxiing to the FBO, but mistook the airport service road for the taxiway. The aircraft scraped a sign and struck a light pole. The right wing leading edge, with the robertson conversion, was dented in about 3 inches, with damage extending from a point 4 feet from the wing tip to 6 feet from the wing tip. The wing tip fairing was cracked and scraped.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 6, 2005, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO THE FBO, BUT MISTOOK THE AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD FOR THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SCRAPED A SIGN AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE. THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, WITH THE ROBERTSON CONVERSION, WAS DENTED IN ABOUT 3 INCHES, WITH DAMAGE EXTENDING FROM A POINT 4 FEET FROM THE WING TIP TO 6 FEET FROM THE WING TIP. THE WING TIP FAIRING WAS CRACKED AND SCRAPED.