20070113000559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560CESSNA · Reno, NV · January 13, 2007

Date
January 13, 2007 · 16:36 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno/Tahoe International Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N191VF
Reported as
Cessna 560CESSNA
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW535A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total2,000 in this make and model40 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) N191VF landed rno runway 16L and was instructed by ATC to turn left on taxiway (twy) lima, left on twy charlie and taxi to sierra on frequency. N191VF turned onto the mercury ramp and asked tower how to get to sierra. Tower instructed N191VF to join twy charlie north bound. N191VF turned onto the access road and struck the tail of a parked airplane N62697 on the sierra ramp. Airport authority described damage as minor to both aircraft. During a phone interview with the pilot privacy data omitted of N191VF, the pilot privacy data omitted stated that he was not familiar with the airport and that he could not determine that the access road was not the taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N191VF LANDED RNO RUNWAY 16L AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO TURN LEFT ON TAXIWAY (TWY) LIMA, LEFT ON TWY CHARLIE AND TAXI TO SIERRA ON FREQUENCY. N191VF TURNED ONTO THE MERCURY RAMP AND ASKED TOWER HOW TO GET TO SIERRA. TOWER INSTRUCTED N191VF TO JOIN TWY CHARLIE NORTH BOUND. N191VF TURNED ONTO THE ACCESS ROAD AND STRUCK THE TAIL OF A PARKED AIRPLANE N62697 ON THE SIERRA RAMP. AIRPORT AUTHORITY DESCRIBED DAMAGE AS MINOR TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. DURING A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ OF N191VF, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND THAT HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THAT THE ACCESS ROAD WAS NOT THE TAXIWAY.