# Incident 20090813014979I: Cessna 180, Ashland, KY, August 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ashland, KY
- Airport: Ashland Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5545° N, 82.7377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHLAND RGNL (DWU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5545&lon=-82.7377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2807A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2807A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 180 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090813014979I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20030921024949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030921024949A), Sep 21, 2003: Cessna 180 (N2807A), Pavo, GA, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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