# Incident 20111028028431I: Beech D55, Decatur, GA, October 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2011, 13:45 local time
- Place: Decatur, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7711° N, 84.2958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7711&lon=-84.2958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211EB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N211EB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,343 total, 560 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111028028431I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED HIS IFR CLEARANCE WHILE PARKED IN THE TRANSIT AIRCRAFT PARKING LOCATION. AFTER RECEIVING HIS CLEARANCE HE PROCEEDED TO START HIS ENGINES AND BEGAN HIS RIGHT TURN TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE OTHER TRANSIT AIRCRAFT PARKED IN THE AREA. UNKNOWN TO THE PILOT DURING THE ENGINE START THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD DECREASING THE ALLOWABLE (SWING) AREA BETWEEN PARKED AIRCRAFT NOT ALLOWING ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN THE WING TIP OF HIS AIRCRAFT AND THE TAIL OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT PARKED IN FRONT AND TO THE RIGHT OF HIS AIRCRAFT DURING THE RIGHT TURN.

## Other reports on N211EB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090905050109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905050109I), Sep 5, 2009: Beech D55 (N211EB), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. On 09/05/2009 while operating VFR at 7500 from N53 to kfrg, N211EB experience a rough running right engine accompanied by a lost of oil pressure while in…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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