20051029033759I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech B36TC · Greencastle, IN · October 29, 2005

Date: October 29, 2005 · 11:00 local
Place: Greencastle, IN
Airport: Putman County Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N203EN
Reported as: Beech B36TC
Reported engine: Continental IO550*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,325 total700 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N203ENRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2008 · Raytheon B36TCS/N EA-683 · Built 2001 Airframe modelRaytheon B36TC Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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) The pilot was intending to taxi to the fueling area to purchase fuel prior to his departure. Just prior to taxiing, the pilot looked to his left to see if another aircraft was coming. He then looked over his right shoulder to see if any other of his friends had left yet, and he then started to taxi out onto the taxiway. He didn't get very FAR in the turn before he felt his aircraft lurch and lift up. He now realized that he was in a collision with another aircraft. The taxiway takes a 90 degree left turn just one parking space down to the left of his aircraft. The oncoming aircraft came around the corner just after the pilot had looked in that direction. The view of the oncoming aircraft prior to coming around the corner was blocked by the aircraft parked to his left and the aircraft parked behind it.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS INTENDING TO TAXI TO THE FUELING AREA TO PURCHASE FUEL PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. JUST PRIOR TO TAXIING, THE PILOT LOOKED TO HIS LEFT TO SEE IF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS COMING. HE THEN LOOKED OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO SEE IF ANY OTHER OF HIS FRIENDS HAD LEFT YET, AND HE THEN STARTED TO TAXI OUT ONTO THE TAXIWAY. HE DIDN'T GET VERY FAR IN THE TURN BEFORE HE FELT HIS AIRCRAFT LURCH AND LIFT UP. HE NOW REALIZED THAT HE WAS IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE TAXIWAY TAKES A 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN JUST ONE PARKING SPACE DOWN TO THE LEFT OF HIS AIRCRAFT. THE ONCOMING AIRCRAFT CAME AROUND THE CORNER JUST AFTER THE PILOT HAD LOOKED IN THAT DIRECTION. THE VIEW OF THE ONCOMING AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO COMING AROUND THE CORNER WAS BLOCKED BY THE AIRCRAFT PARKED TO HIS LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT PARKED BEHIND IT.