# Incident 20130512006642I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Avalon, CA, May 12, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2013, 17:15 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CATALINA (AVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N457TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N457TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 7 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130512006642I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TAXIED N457TS OFF THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE TAXIWAY. WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKES (PARKING BRAKE NOT SET), THE PILOT LOWERED HIS HEAD DOWN TO REFER TO THE AIRCRAFT'S PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK. HE DID NOT REALIZE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING UNTIL HIS AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8034Z, Piper PA-32-301: no report for this aircraft; [N8034Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8034Z) is registered now

## Other reports on N457TS (1)

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

- [Incident 20211210020099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211210020099I), Dec 10, 2021: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42 (N457TS), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. On December 10, 2021 at 8:25 PST, Diamond DA-42 N457TS, was on an instrument training flight being piloted by instrument student[privacy data omitted] and…

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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