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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Gila Bend, AZ · September 6, 2011

Date
September 6, 2011 · 13:20 local
Place
Gila Bend, AZ
Airport
Gila Bend Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
B4VS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4160S
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240-B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
168 total110 in this make and model21 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.

Pilot landed at E63 and instead of following the painted lines into the t shades he elected to turn the aircraft sideways to attempt to fit in an area of limited shade. When he realized the wing was close to a pole he depressed the right brake pedal to swing clear of the pole. However this swung the wing into the pole.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT E63 AND INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE PAINTED LINES INTO THE T SHADES HE ELECTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS TO ATTEMPT TO FIT IN AN AREA OF LIMITED SHADE. WHEN HE REALIZED THE WING WAS CLOSE TO A POLE HE DEPRESSED THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL TO SWING CLEAR OF THE POLE. HOWEVER THIS SWUNG THE WING INTO THE POLE.