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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Bigfork, MT · September 30, 2010

Date: September 30, 2010 · 23:30 local
Place: Bigfork, MT
Airport: Ferndale
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6422A
Reported as: Cessna 182
Reported engine: Continental O-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total600 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N6422ARegistered now · Cessna 182S/N 33222 · Built 1956 Airframe modelCessna 182 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On Saturday September 30, at approximately 6:30PM mt, Mr. Clayton colby private pilot FAA certificate number privacy data omitted while pilot in command of 1956 Cessna 182 N6422A. Mr. Colby states that as landed on grass land strip on runway 15 at the Ferndale Airport (53U). Mr. Colby indicated that he was turning off the active runway to taxi to his hanger as he was turning the airplane to the left to the entry to his hanger as the airplane propeller struck a "no vehicles on airport signed" Mr. Colby's admitted that while he was turning his airplane the sun interfered with his vision and could not see the signed on the right side of the airplane

As the FAA filed it

ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM MT, MR. CLAYTON COLBY PRIVATE PILOT FAA CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE PILOT IN COMMAND OF 1956 CESSNA 182 N6422A. MR. COLBY STATES THAT AS LANDED ON GRASS LAND STRIP ON RUNWAY 15 AT THE FERNDALE AIRPORT (53U). MR. COLBY INDICATED THAT HE WAS TURNING OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO TAXI TO HIS HANGER AS HE WAS TURNING THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT TO THE ENTRY TO HIS HANGER AS THE AIRPLANE PROPELLER STRUCK A "NO VEHICLES ON AIRPORT SIGNED" MR. COLBY'S ADMITTED THAT WHILE HE WAS TURNING HIS AIRPLANE THE SUN INTERFERED WITH HIS VISION AND COULD NOT SEE THE SIGNED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE