# Incident 20100426034199I: Quirk K M/C VANS ACFT R, Sacramento, CA, April 26, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2010, 12:19 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5129° N, 121.4933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO EXEC (SAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5129&lon=-121.4933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N776RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quirk K M/Caubet J VANS ACFT RV6 (registry code 056053X, https://openairdocs.org/model/quirk-k-m-caubet-j-vans-acft-rv6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUIRK K M/C VANS ACFT R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 850 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100426034199I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/26/10, AIRCRAFT 776RV DAMAGED THE ENGINE PROPELLER DURING LANDING AT THE SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT, WHILE PROCEEDING AT LOW TAXI SPEED OF ABOUT 3 KNOTS ON TAXIWAY A/B, AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE SAC GROUND CONTROL THE PILOT WAS LOOKING AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT TO FIND THE SACRAMENTO AVIATION HANGAR, NOT AWARE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING INTO THE MEDIAN AREA OF THE TAXIWAY. HE MISSED JUDGE THE DISTANCE OF A LARGE TAXIWAY SIGN. THE SIGN WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET TALL AND SIX FEET WIDE. HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD TIME TO CLEAR IT, BUT HE WAS TOO CLOSE. HE SAID HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ROSE UP AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE PAVEMENT, CURLING BACK THE TIPS, SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN.

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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