# Incident 20060324007949I: Amtr RV8, Tucson, AZ, March 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2006, 09:13 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76540, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gaddis Eugene H RV-8 (registry code 05606XZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/gaddis-eugene-h-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060324007949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING ACROSS AN ACTIVE RUNWAY AT TUCSON INTL. AIRPORT, HIS AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP ONTO IT'S NOSE EXPERIENCING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND WHEEL FAIRINGS. AN F-16 AIRCRAFT HAD JUST MADE A LOW APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY ALONG WITH 18-24 KNOTS PREVAILING WIND. THE PILOT THINKS WAKE TURBULENCE MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE INCIDENT.

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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