# Incident 20091130023419I: Amtr SA300, San Luis Obisp, CA, November 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2009, 14:50 local time
- Place: San Luis Obisp, CA
- Airport: San Luis County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2368° N, 120.6420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2368&lon=-120.6420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N490B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N490B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bayer Oscar STARDUSTER SA300 (registry code 86603AG, https://openairdocs.org/model/bayer-oscar-starduster-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA300
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091130023419I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20140319003459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140319003459A), Mar 19, 2014: Bayer Oscar STARDUSTER SA300 (N490B), San Luis Obispo, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft was landing on runway 29 at sbp (San Luis Obispo regional airport). The wind was 240 at approximately 10 knots. The aircraft landed hard causing…

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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