# Incident 20120429008219I: Avilez Donald L Jr CHALLENGER II, Tigard, OR, April 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2012, 16:35 local time
- Place: Tigard, OR
- Airport: Private Grass Strip
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4229° N, 122.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tigard, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4229&lon=-122.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9777N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9777N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Avilez Donald L JR CHALLENGER II (registry code 05610B2, https://openairdocs.org/model/avilez-donald-l-jr-challenger-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVILEZ DONALD L JR CHALLENGER II
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120429008219I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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