# Incident 20090130025039I: Taylorcraft BL-65, Anchorage, AK, January 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2009, 18:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24466, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24466) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BL-65 (registry code 8850350, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BL-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090130025039I

## Narrative

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

A COLLISION OCCURRED IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA OF THE ANCHORAGE AIRPORT BETWEEN A BLUE 1940 TAYLORCRAFT BL-65 TAXIED BY PILOT STEPHEN E. KEEGAN III, AND A BLACK FORD F250 PICKUP OPERATED BY PEGASUS, INC., DRIVEN BY EMPLOYEE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRMAN WAS REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LAKE HOOD EAST PARKING AREA TO THE NORTH AIR PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ANCHORAGE AIRPORT.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LAKE HOOD PARKING AREA VIA TAXIWAY VICTOR TO TAXIWAY ROMEO AND HOLD SHORT.  THERE IS NO ATC AUDIO OF THAT CLEARANCE ON EITHER THE LAKE HOOD FREQUENCY (126.80) OR ANCHORAGE GROUND CONTROL (121.9).  JUST PRIOR TO REACHING TAXIWAY ROMEO, THE TAYLORCRAFT WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT WING BY A BLACK PEGASUS, INC., FORD F250 PICKUP TRUCK HEADING SOUTHBOUND AND TURNING EASTBOUND ONTO TAXIWAY VICTOR.  THE VEHICLE DRIVER WAS FOLLOWING A DEICING TRUCK, AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT.  THE AREA WHERE THE COLLISION OCCURRED IS A BLIND SPOT FOR BOTH AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLES, AND IT WAS EXACERBATED BY LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO DARKNESS, BLOWING SNOW, POOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE AND POOR LIGHTING.  ALSO, AN INBOUND AIR CANADA HAD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES WERE MOBILIZED, ADDING TO THE LIGHT POLLUTION.

## Other reports on N24466 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930711043899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930711043899I), Jul 11, 1993: Tcraft BL65 (N24466), Anchorage, AK. Engine quit on climb. Emergency landing in railroad yard. Engine oil temperature probe on oil screen faulty.

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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