# Accident 20051216031509A: Tmpson NAVION*, Los Angeles, CA, December 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2005, 10:20 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4403K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4403K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVION*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051216031509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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