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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV9A · Concord, CA · September 11, 2009

Date
September 11, 2009 · 14:19 local
Place
Concord, CA
Airport
Buchanan Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N369FS
Reported as
Amtr RV9A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total189 in this make and model41 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) Aircraft veered left into hanger wall during taxi. Visual inspection of aircraft brakes and operational check of said brakes was performed with no findings. Pilot unable to explain incident. Passenger commented observing pilot attempt to use right brake to correct left hand turn just prior to impact.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT INTO HANGER WALL DURING TAXI. VISUAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT BRAKES AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF SAID BRAKES WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FINDINGS. PILOT UNABLE TO EXPLAIN INCIDENT. PASSENGER COMMENTED OBSERVING PILOT ATTEMPT TO USE RIGHT BRAKE TO CORRECT LEFT HAND TURN JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT.