# Incident 20091022022409I: Amtr WAIEX, Torrance, CA, October 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Zamperini Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8034° N, 118.3396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZAMPERINI FLD (TOA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8034&lon=-118.3396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N600WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waltz Wendel WAIEX (registry code 05619PS, https://openairdocs.org/model/waltz-wendel-waiex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster R-2300 (registry code 52554, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-r-2300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR WAIEX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022022409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AROUND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP AND TAXIED TOO CLOSE TO THE TAXIWAY EDGE.  THIS CAUSED THE PILOT TO STRIKE A TAXIWAY SIGN WITH THE AIRCRAFTS PROPELLER.  THE PILOT HAD LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY, DUE TO THE TAIL WHEEL DESIGN OF THE AIRCRAFT.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE COWLING.

## Other reports on N600WW (1)

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

- [Accident 20070226003909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070226003909A), Feb 26, 2007: Waltzw WAIEX (N600WW), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 26, 2007, at approximately 1500 MST, N600WW, an experimental amateur built sonex yx airplane, with the pilot [privacy data omitted]…

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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