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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Ashland, KY · August 13, 2009

Date: August 13, 2009 · 10:30 local
Place: Ashland, KY
Airport: Ashland Regional
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N2807A
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total180 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

N2807ARegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30007 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During ground taxi and while transitioning through an aircraft parking area to a taxi-way at the Ashland Regional Airport in worthington, Kentucky the pilot and sole occupant of the subject aircraft struck the left wing tip of an unoccupied parked aircraft with the subject aircraft right wing strut. The pilot stated he was aware of the parked aircraft but due to the limited viewing angle in his tail wheel aircraft he lost sight of the parked aircraft in his blind spot and misjudged its location.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING GROUND TAXI AND WHILE TRANSITIONING THROUGH AN AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA TO A TAXI-WAY AT THE ASHLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WORTHINGTON, KENTUCKY THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LEFT WING TIP OF AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED AIRCRAFT WITH THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STRUT. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS AWARE OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT BUT DUE TO THE LIMITED VIEWING ANGLE IN HIS TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT HE LOST SIGHT OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT IN HIS BLIND SPOT AND MISJUDGED ITS LOCATION.

Other reports on N2807A · 1

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

Accident 20030921024949AGo Round (Aborted VFR) · Pavo, GA(-23) On 09/21/03 james l williams departed from a grass strip in pulaski ga. At 1200, VFR to pava, GA. In a Cessna 180 N2807A s/n 30007 at 1300 Mr. Williams was attempting to land on a grass road in pava, GA. He was on his approach landing and the terrain…Sep 21, 2003 · Substantial damage