What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot states that while taxiing from his hangar he noticed a twin otter turbo prop taxiing to a tie down space ahead and to his right. His aircraft is a conventional gear aircraft so he was s turning while taxiing. He says he was making an s turn to the right but needed to give some room for the twin otter and had lost sight of a parked R-22 helicopter on his left. He says he started to turn back to his left when he noticed the parked R-22 again and was unable to taxi by it before striking the helicopter wind shield with the left hand wing tip of his aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT STATES THAT WHILE TAXIING FROM HIS HANGAR HE NOTICED A TWIN OTTER TURBO PROP TAXIING TO A TIE DOWN SPACE AHEAD AND TO HIS RIGHT. HIS AIRCRAFT IS A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT SO HE WAS S TURNING WHILE TAXIING. HE SAYS HE WAS MAKING AN S TURN TO THE RIGHT BUT NEEDED TO GIVE SOME ROOM FOR THE TWIN OTTER AND HAD LOST SIGHT OF A PARKED R-22 HELICOPTER ON HIS LEFT. HE SAYS HE STARTED TO TURN BACK TO HIS LEFT WHEN HE NOTICED THE PARKED R-22 AGAIN AND WAS UNABLE TO TAXI BY IT BEFORE STRIKING THE HELICOPTER WIND SHIELD WITH THE LEFT HAND WING TIP OF HIS AIRCRAFT.
Other reports on N490B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.