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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · New Smyrna Bea, FL · April 11, 2008

Date
April 11, 2008 · 16:00 local
Place
New Smyrna Bea, FL
Airport
Massey Ranch Airpark
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54HY
Reported as
Aviat A1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total100 in this make and model100 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) After completion of banner towing operation pilot landed aircraft and proceeded to exit runway. Upon exiting runway to taxiway pilot failed to use proper flight control inputs for aircraft with conventional landing gear, while turning, resulting in tail of aircraft to rise off of surface enough to cause propeller of aircraft to contact surface. Minor damage resulted to aircraft engine mounting brackets. Propeller suffered major damage. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER COMPLETION OF BANNER TOWING OPERATION PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT RUNWAY. UPON EXITING RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY PILOT FAILED TO USE PROPER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS FOR AIRCRAFT WITH CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR, WHILE TURNING, RESULTING IN TAIL OF AIRCRAFT TO RISE OFF OF SURFACE ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROPELLER OF AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT SURFACE. MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED TO AIRCRAFT ENGINE MOUNTING BRACKETS. PROPELLER SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

Other reports on N54HY · 1

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