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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cubcrafters CC11-160 · Oceano, CA · May 30, 2010

Date
May 30, 2010 · 17:00 local
Place
Oceano, CA
Airport
Oceano
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N118CA
Reported as
Cubcrafters CC11-160
Reported engine
Cubcrafter CC340
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,125 total9 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Per phone conversation with pilot:while taxiing to the runway the pilot was distracted and taxied into a parked aircraft. Pilot applied brakes too hard causing his aircraft to nose over striking the propeller on the ground. The end result of this contact was a slightly damaged right wing on the Cessna and damage to the leading edge of the cub crafters left wing and prop tips.

As the FAA filed it

PER PHONE CONVERSATION WITH PILOT:WHILE TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED AND TAXIED INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES TOO HARD CAUSING HIS AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE GROUND.THE END RESULT OF THIS CONTACT WAS A SLIGHTLY DAMAGED RIGHT WING ON THE CESSNA AND DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CUB CRAFTERS LEFT WING AND PROP TIPS.