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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North American T-6G · Bessemer, AL · March 20, 2012

Date: March 20, 2012 · 09:15 local
Place: Bessemer, AL
Airport: Bessemer
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N791MH
Reported as: North American T-6G
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total3,300 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N791MHRegistered now · North American T-6GS/N 5114791 · Built 1951 Airframe modelNorth American T-6G Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

An aircraft was preparing for a takeoff on runway 23, at an uncontrolled airfield. Pilot stated the taxiway was clear when he left his hangar and turned onto taxiway to runway 23. There was a construction project near the approach end of runway. A vehicle from the construction site mistakenly entered onto the taxiway and the pilot did not notice the vehicle until it was too late to stop his aircraft. The aircraft collided with the vehicle, with minor damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AN AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARING FOR A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 23, AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRFIELD. PILOT STATED THE TAXIWAY WAS CLEAR WHEN HE LEFT HIS HANGAR AND TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY TO RUNWAY 23. THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEAR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. A VEHICLE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE MISTAKENLY ENTERED ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE, WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

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