# Incident 20060116000439I: Amtr RV4, Visalia, CA, January 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2006, 12:10 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142JG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N142JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evans Eugene Benson RV-4 (registry code 05607A7, https://openairdocs.org/model/evans-eugene-benson-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,239 total, 553 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060116000439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FOLLOWING ANOTHER AIRPLANE TAXIING IN FRONT OF HIM, BETWEEN HANGAR ROWS, THE PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED MOMENTARILY BY AN OPEN HANGAR DOOR TO THE SIDE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEAD AIRCRAFT STOPPED TO ALLOW ANOTHER AIRPLANE TO TAXI BY. WHEN THE PILOT LOOKED BACK AHEAD AND SAW THE STOPPED AIRPLANE AHEAD, HE OVERREACTED BY APPLYING THE BRAKES TOO HARD, CAUSING THE CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER AND STRIKE THE PROP ON THE PAVEMENT.

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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