# Accident 20070313012479A: Namer SNJ5, Pueblo, CO, March 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2892° N, 104.4964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2892&lon=-104.4964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12KY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12KY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5 (registry code 6400418, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,184 total, 155 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070313012479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING THE SNJ-5 AIRCRAFT USING THE "S-TURN" PROCEDURE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED ACROSS A GLIDER WING THAT WAS NOT SEEN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT'S STATEMENT: AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 8L, I TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY E, AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWER'S INSTRUCTIONS, I TURNED RIGHT ON TAXIWAY F AND CROSSED RUNWAY 8R TO THE RAMP. AFTER ENTERING THE RAMP, I TURNED RIGHT TO THE WEST TO LOOK ACROSS THE MAIN RAMP AND LOCATE MY DESTINATION - A SMALL RAMP ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MAIN RAMP AND JUST EAST OF TAXIWAY A. I ALSO LOOKED FOR OBSTRUCTIONS ALONG MY PATH AND AT MY DESTINATION. SEEING NONE, I CONTINUED TO TAXI, MAKING S-TURNS DUE TO THE CONVENTIONAL GEAR AND OBSTRUCTED VIEW OVER THE COWLING. I SCANNED LEFT AND RIGHT FOR TRAFFIC THROUGH THE S-TURNS TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR TRAFFIC AND TO MAINTAIN SIGHT OF THE SMALL RAMP. DESPITE MY SCAN, AS I APPROACHED THE SMALL RAMP, I DID NOT SEE A SMALL, MOTORIZED GLIDER, SLIGHTLY TO MY RIGHT AND VERY LOW TO THE GROUND. THE RIGHT WING OF THE GLIDER WAS RESTING ON THE GROUND, AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OF MY AIRPLANE RAN OVER IT ABOUT 5' FROM THE TIP. SINCE I WAS TAXIING SLOWLY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN07LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA074), Mar 13, 2007: North American SNJ-5 (N12KY), Pueblo, CO, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the North American SNJ-5 warbird's inadequate visual lookout while taxiing, resulting in an on-ground collision with the stationary Grob motor glider.

## Other reports on N12KY (1)

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

- [Accident 20080505833169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505833169A), May 5, 2008: Namer SNJ5 (N12KY), Wolcott, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft lost power during a flight from centennial, Colorado to reno, Nevada over the rocky mountains near Wolcott, Colorado. The pilot WA unable to…

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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