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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna Airc LC41-550FG · Middleton, RI · December 4, 2010

Date
December 4, 2010 · 15:30 local
Place
Middleton, RI
Airport
Newport State
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1134N
Reported as
Cessna Airc LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
960 total215 in this make and model20 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.

Aircraft N1134N (Cessna, LC-41) while taxing to ramp the left wing tip came in contact with the radome of aircraft N4085K (Piper, PA31-350) causing damage to both aircraft. Pilots statement cites the cause as the sun obscuring his vision.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N1134N (CESSNA, LC-41) WHILE TAXING TO RAMP THE LEFT WING TIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RADOME OF AIRCRAFT N4085K (PIPER, PA31-350) CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. PILOTS STATEMENT CITES THE CAUSE AS THE SUN OBSCURING HIS VISION.