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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Champion AERONCA 7FC · Howell, MI · November 8, 2010

Date
November 8, 2010 · 10:40 local
Place
Howell, MI
Airport
^Howell Livingston^
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4872E
Reported as
Champion Aeronca 7FC
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total1 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

At Howell airport (ozw) on 11/09/2010 at 10:40 local, privacy data omitted taxied N4872E (American Champion 7FC) into a parked and unoccupied Cirrus SR22. privacy data omitted Aircraft struck the Cirrus with its propeller at the right wing tip. After striking the wing tip, it continued to collide (with the engine still running) into the right horizontal stabilizer and empennage area. The airport manager was in his office and heard the collision. He was the first person at the scene. He found privacy data omitted to be unconscious. He called for emergency services. privacy data omitted Was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. The owner of N4872E privacy data omitted stated that he and privacy data omitted had intended to fly that aircraft together after privacy data omitted the aircraft. He stated that privacy data omitted (the sole occupant) began his taxi from the east side of the airservice hanger. He then proceeded on the taxiway around the north side of that hanger onto the fuel ramp. A witness privacy data omitted stated that he saw privacy data omitted slump over the controls and pass out. The aircraft continued past the fueling area and continued about 150 yards across the empty ramp until it struck the parked Cirrus. It was determined that privacy data omitted had suffered a heart attack while taxiing. The following obiturary was in the livingston daily news.privacy data omitted, Age 75, of Howell, died Saturday, November 13, 2010. Visitation mon-day 2-4, 6-8 p.m.; services Tuesday 11 a.m. at macdonald's funeral home, HOWELL0N 11/22/2010, the st. joseph mercy hospital responded to a request from the FAA to provide medical records with the final cause of death. The "active diagosis" was stated to be cardiac arrest-ventricular fibrillation.

As the FAA filed it

AT HOWELL AIRPORT (OZW) ON 11/09/2010 AT 10:40 LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED N4872E (AMERICAN CHAMPION 7FC) INTO A PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED CIRRUS SR22. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CIRRUS WITH ITS PROPELLER AT THE RIGHT WING TIP. AFTER STRIKING THE WING TIP, IT CONTINUED TO COLLIDE (WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING) INTO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND EMPENNAGE AREA. THE AIRPORT MANAGER WAS IN HIS OFFICE AND HEARD THE COLLISION. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON AT THE SCENE. HE FOUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO BE UNCONSCIOUS. HE CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE OWNER OF N4872E ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD INTENDED TO FLY THAT AIRCRAFT TOGETHER AFTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (THE SOLE OCCUPANT) BEGAN HIS TAXI FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRSERVICE HANGER. HE THEN PROCEEDED ON THE TAXIWAY AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT HANGER ONTO THE FUEL RAMP. A WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE SAW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SLUMP OVER THE CONTROLS AND PASS OUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED PAST THE FUELING AREA AND CONTINUED ABOUT 150 YARDS ACROSS THE EMPTY RAMP UNTIL IT STRUCK THE PARKED CIRRUS.IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE TAXIING. THE FOLLOWING OBITURARY WAS IN THE LIVINGSTON DAILY NEWS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AGE 75, OF HOWELL, DIED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010. VISITATION MON-DAY 2-4, 6-8 P.M.; SERVICES TUESDAY 11 A.M. AT MACDONALD'S FUNERAL HOME, HOWELL0N 11/22/2010, THE ST. JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FROM THE FAA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL RECORDS WITH THE FINAL CAUSE OF DEATH. THE "ACTIVE DIAGOSIS" WAS STATED TO BE CARDIAC ARREST-VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N136CKCirrus CIRRUS-SR22No report for this aircraft in the release