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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stinson L-5E · Atwater, CA · September 4, 2011

Date
September 4, 2011 · 11:38 local
Place
Atwater, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5625V
Reported as
Stinson L-5E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total100 in this make and model15 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.

Counsled pilot to remain on runway center line until an exit is observed then make the turn to the taxiway. He was trying to accomdate ATC and get off the runway. He did not know that the yellow line actually defined the runway at 150 feet wide and then hit taxiway light box sign.

As the FAA filed it

COUNSLED PILOT TO REMAIN ON RUNWAY CENTER LINE UNTIL AN EXIT IS OBSERVED THEN MAKE THE TURN TO THE TAXIWAY. HE WAS TRYING TO ACCOMDATE ATC AND GET OFF THE RUNWAY. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THE YELLOW LINE ACTUALLY DEFINED THE RUNWAY AT 150 FEET WIDE AND THEN HIT TAXIWAY LIGHT BOX SIGN.