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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Avilez Donald L JR CHALLENGER II · Tigard, OR · April 29, 2012

Date
April 29, 2012 · 16:35 local
Place
Tigard, OR
Airport
Private Grass Strip
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9777N
Reported as
Avilez Donald L JR Challenger II
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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.

On 4-29-12 experimental aircraft was involved in an aircraft/pedestrian collision at a Private Grass Strip near sw meyer lane in tigadr Oregon. On 5-4-12 pdx FSDO inspector lance johnson contacted owner/operator, privacy data omitted by phone and he reported that he was fast taxing aircraft while a friend privacy data omitted was on site to photograph him. During this operation privacy data omitted states that he was distracted by his friends dog running around the airfield. privacy data omitted Misjudged his distance away from his friend and struck him with the aircrafts wing tip. Pdx FSDO inspector lej questioned privacy data omitted as to whether he intended to fly the aircraft and he responded that he did not fly nor intend to. Sheriffs report states that the aircraft was being flown at the time of the incident. This report conflicts with privacy data omitted statement. privacy data omitted Claims he was conducting taxi operations only. privacy data omitted Has been evaluated for a concussion at the oshu medical facility. He momentarily lost consciousness following the strike to the head. According to attending physicians, privacy data omitted was suffering from dementia prior to the incident and would not be considered a reliable source of information to either confirm or deny whether privacy data omitted statement. On site interview with privacy data omitted and inspection of aircraft were conducted by pdx FSDO inspectors lance johnson and john judge.

As the FAA filed it

ON 4-29-12 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT/PEDESTRIAN COLLISION AT A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP NEAR SW MEYER LANE IN TIGADR OREGON.ON 5-4-12 PDX FSDO INSPECTOR LANCE JOHNSON CONTACTED OWNER/OPERATOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BY PHONE AND HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS FAST TAXING AIRCRAFT WHILE A FRIEND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON SITE TO PHOTOGRAPH HIM. DURING THIS OPERATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY HIS FRIENDS DOG RUNNING AROUND THE AIRFIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MISJUDGED HIS DISTANCE AWAY FROM HIS FRIEND AND STRUCK HIM WITH THE AIRCRAFTS WING TIP. PDX FSDO INSPECTOR LEJ QUESTIONED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS TO WHETHER HE INTENDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AND HE RESPONDED THAT HE DID NOT FLY NOR INTEND TO. SHERIFFS REPORT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS REPORT CONFLICTS WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLAIMS HE WAS CONDUCTING TAXI OPERATIONS ONLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS BEEN EVALUATED FOR A CONCUSSION AT THE OSHU MEDICAL FACILITY. HE MOMENTARILY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS FOLLOWING THE STRIKE TO THE HEAD. ACCORDING TO ATTENDING PHYSICIANS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO EITHER CONFIRM OR DENY WHETHER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT. ON SITE INTERVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT WERE CONDUCTED BY PDX FSDO INSPECTORS LANCE JOHNSON AND JOHN JUDGE.