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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Yuma, AZ · August 15, 2005

Date: August 15, 2005 · 08:00 local
Place: Yuma, AZ
Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6021D
Reported as: Beech 76
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N6021DRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Beech 76S/N ME-336 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBeech 76 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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 had landed and was taxiing to parking. A baron was parked near the yellow taxi line. The pilot privacy data omitted said he knew it was going to be tight because the baron was so close to the taxi line. He stated as he taxied by he felt a little jolt in the plane and figured he had hit the wing tip of the baron. There was minor damage to the baron and to the BE-36. The pilot stated that he made sure he was on the yellow taxi line and if he stayed on that line he would be ok. Pilot was counseled while on the phone about taxi operations in close proximity to other aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT HAD LANDED AND WAS TAXIING TO PARKING. A BARON WAS PARKED NEAR THE YELLOW TAXI LINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ SAID HE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE TIGHT BECAUSE THE BARON WAS SO CLOSE TO THE TAXI LINE. HE STATED AS HE TAXIED BY HE FELT A LITTLE JOLT IN THE PLANE AND FIGURED HE HAD HIT THE WING TIP OF THE BARON. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BARON AND TO THE BE-36. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE SURE HE WAS ON THE YELLOW TAXI LINE AND IF HE STAYED ON THAT LINE HE WOULD BE OK. PILOT WAS COUNSELED WHILE ON THE PHONE ABOUT TAXI OPERATIONS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHER AIRCRAFT.