# Incident 20091001049889I: Snyder Dona WINDRIDER S, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snyder Donald C JR WINDRIDER SUPER SPT (registry code 05613LW, https://openairdocs.org/model/snyder-donald-c-jr-windrider-super-spt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNYDER DONA WINDRIDER S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 270 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091001049889I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 1, 2009 AT ANN ARBOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N85SD PERFORMED A NORMAL PREFLIGHT AND PULLED AIRCRAFT OUT OF HANGAR N-10.  AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 PILOT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI FROM GRASS TAXIWAY TO RUNWAY 30 WITH A HOLD SHORT AT RUNWAY 24.  PILOT PROCEEDED TAXIING ON THE PARALLEL GRASS TAXIWAY THEN WAS CLEARED TO CROSS RUNWAY 24.  DURING THIS TIMEFRAME PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AFTER NOTICING BLUE TAXI LIGHT IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT.   PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AROUND RIGHT SIDE OF BLUE TAXI LIGHT WHILE KEEPING FOCUS ON ANOTHER TAXI AND RUNWAY LIGHT FARTHER AHEAD.  PILOT THEN INDAVERTANTLY STRUCK RUNWAY DESTINATION LIGHT BETWEEN THE PAVED TAXIWAY & THE PAVED RUNWAY WITH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER.  THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE.  PILOT PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION TO AIRCRAFT AND NOTED ONLY PROPELLER DAMAGE.  PILOT WALKED TO TERMINAL TO GET HELP TO PUSH THE AIRCRAFT BACKWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE TOPPLED LIGHT.  PILOT THEN STARTED THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED LOW RPM TAXI BACK TO HANGAR N-10 AND NOTIFIED TOWER OF INCIDENT.  AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS DISPATCHED THE FOLLOWING DAY PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND VERBAL INTERVIEW OF PILOT.  NO VISIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INTERIOR/EXTERIOR WAS EVIDENT.  VISUAL DAMAGE NOTED TO PROPELLER.

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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