20131118023629I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Morgan GN-1 · Honolulu, HI · November 18, 2013

Date
November 18, 2013 · 17:30 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
Honolulu International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N589JW
Reported as
Morgan GN-1
Reported engine
Continental C90-14F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total20 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

The pilot was relocating the aircraft with no intention of flight. The pilot taxied around a hangar and turned to left placing the aircraft in a left quartering downwind condition. The pilot was not able to stop the aircraft's tail from turning left due to improper wind correction of the control forces. Pilot then applied power in an attempt to make the rudder more effective. This caused the aircraft to approach the east side of the hangar faster. The pilot then cut power and applied brake pressure. The aircraft came to a stop after the propeller struck a water pipe of the fire suppression system. The wooden propeller shattered and the water pipe broke.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS RELOCATING THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT TAXIED AROUND A HANGAR AND TURNED TO LEFT PLACING THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT QUARTERING DOWNWIND CONDITION. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL FROM TURNING LEFT DUE TO IMPROPER WIND CORRECTION OF THE CONTROL FORCES. PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE RUDDER MORE EFFECTIVE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO APPROACH THE EAST SIDE OF THE HANGAR FASTER. THE PILOT THEN CUT POWER AND APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AFTER THE PROPELLER STRUCK A WATER PIPE OF THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. THE WOODEN PROPELLER SHATTERED AND THE WATER PIPE BROKE.