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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Tmpson NAVION · Los Angeles, CA · December 16, 2005

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Date: December 16, 2005 · 10:20 local
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Airport: Whiteman Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4403K
Reported as: Tmpson NAVION*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total9 in the last 90 days

N4403KRegistered now · Ryan NAVIONS/N NAV-4-1403 · Built 1948 Airframe modelRyan NAVION Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) While taxiing north bound in a non movement area the aircraft, a ryan navion collided with a pick up truck that was parked next to the taxiway. The aircraft was part of a flight of three of which the first two had already passed the pickup. The pilot stated that he could not judge the distance of his wing tip ot the pickup because of glare on his canopy. The driver of the pickup stated that he was parked and didn't have time to move before the third aircraft struck his windshield. Neither the pilot nor the driver sustained injuries. The pickup suffered a broken windshield and the aircraft sustained minor damage to the leading edge and tip of the left wing. This was originally classified as an occurrence by the vny FSDO. Later reports from the NTSB upgraded it to an accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING NORTH BOUND IN A NON MOVEMENT AREA THE AIRCRAFT, A RYAN NAVION COLLIDED WITH A PICK UP TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PART OF A FLIGHT OF THREE OF WHICH THE FIRST TWO HAD ALREADY PASSED THE PICKUP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT JUDGE THE DISTANCE OF HIS WING TIP OT THE PICKUP BECAUSE OF GLARE ON HIS CANOPY. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP STATED THAT HE WAS PARKED AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO MOVE BEFORE THE THIRD AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIS WINDSHIELD. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE PICKUP SUFFERED A BROKEN WINDSHIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE AND TIP OF THE LEFT WING. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS AN OCCURRENCE BY THE VNY FSDO. LATER REPORTS FROM THE NTSB UPGRADED IT TO AN ACCIDENT.