20070719020289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Anchorage, AK · July 19, 2007

Date
July 19, 2007 · 18:13 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95179
Reported as
Tcraft BC12D
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total200 in this make and model20 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) On July 19, 2007, about 1815 Alaska daylight time, a Taylorcraft BC-12D airplane, N9897Y, sustained minor damage to its propeller when it struck a taxiway light while taxiing into campground parking at Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by the pilot under title 14, CFR part 91, when the incident occurred. The commercial certificated pilot and sole passenger were not injured. During a telephone conversation with the inspector privacy data omitted, investigator-in-charge (iic) on August 3, 2007, the pilot stated that he did not see the taxi light and that it was an error on his part.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2007, ABOUT 1815 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D AIRPLANE, N9897Y, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER WHEN IT STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WHILE TAXIING INTO CAMPGROUND PARKING AT MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) ON AUGUST 3, 2007, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE TAXI LIGHT AND THAT IT WAS AN ERROR ON HIS PART.