# Accident 20131020021452A: Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C, Livermore, CA, October 20, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2013, 21:00 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 121.8250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-121.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat S-2C (registry code 8130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-s-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC S-2C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 699 total, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131020021452A

## Narrative

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

PITTS AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 25R AT LIVERMORE, CA. TOWER INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON TAXIWAY GOLF, HOLD SHORT OF 25L AND REMAIN ON TOWER FREQUENCY.

PILOT HELD FOR CLEARANCE TO CROSS 25L WHILE WAITING FOR A RV TO LAND AND EXIT 25L.

TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO CROSS 25L AND THEN CONTACT GROUND.

AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO CROSS 25L AND AS HOLD SHORT LINE CAME INTO PILOT VIEW, THE AIRCRAFTS PROPELLER CONTACTED A CESSNA 172 TAIL SECTION FLIGHT CONTROLS.

THE PROPELLER TURNED SEVERAL TIMES, SHREDDING ELEVATOR, RUDDER, VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS AND THEN STOPPED.

THE CESSNA 172 TAXIED TO PARKING WHILE OCCUPANTS OF THE PITTS EXITED AIRCRAFT.

NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS IN BOTH AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N698SP, Cessna 172S: no report for this aircraft; [N698SP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N698SP) is registered now

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA025), Oct 20, 2013: Aviat S2 (N15TA), Livermore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilots of the Pitts airplane to maneuver the airplane as necessary to observe the taxi route and avoid the Cessna airplane ahead. Contributing to the accident was the local…

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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