# Incident 20051226033139I: Yaklev YAK52, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 26, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6203Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6203Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S C Aerostar S A YAK-52 (registry code 1140000, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-c-aerostar-s-a-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 73 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051226033139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TAXIING FROM EAST TO WEST ON NORTH RAMP OF ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT, LEFT THE MAIN AIR VALVE CLOSED. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A PNEUMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM. WHILE IN FRONT OF AVIANE COMPANY, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TURNING TO THE RIGHT AND HIT HELICOPTER N911GB IN THE FRONT RIGHT BUBBLE WITH THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING, THEN AIRCRAFT ROTATED AND HIT THE RIGHT REAR ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE HELICOPTER WITH THE ROTATING PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BROKEN ON IMPACT.

## Other reports on N6203Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20041025033279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041025033279I), Oct 25, 2004: Yaklev YAK52 (N6203Y), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. (-23) On 10/25/2004 at 1733 UTC pilot in command of N6203Y reported left main gear did not come down 3 miles final. Pilot circled 3 times in the pattern in…

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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