20060420008549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 36BEECH · San Carlos, CA · April 20, 2006

Date
April 20, 2006 · 10:45 local
Place
San Carlos, CA
Airport
San Carlos Airport
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7934R
Reported as
Beech 36BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,681 total3,200 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted stated while he was idling in his tiedown spot he reached behind him to retrieve something and inadvertently bumped the throttle of the aircraft. This bumping resulted in the aircraft lurching forward and striking another aircraft's wing (Cessna 172 N8683U) with the propeller. Minor damage was done to the bonanza's propeller and extensive damage was done to the Cessna's wing and vertical tail. The pilot privacy data omitted concluded that in future operations he would shut down his engine if he realized his cockpit was not sufficiently organized for flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED WHILE HE WAS IDLING IN HIS TIEDOWN SPOT HE REACHED BEHIND HIM TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING AND INADVERTENTLY BUMPED THE THROTTLE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS BUMPING RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LURCHING FORWARD AND STRIKING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT'S WING (CESSNA 172 N8683U) WITH THE PROPELLER. MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BONANZA'S PROPELLER AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE CESSNA'S WING AND VERTICAL TAIL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ CONCLUDED THAT IN FUTURE OPERATIONS HE WOULD SHUT DOWN HIS ENGINE IF HE REALIZED HIS COCKPIT WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY ORGANIZED FOR FLIGHT.