# Incident 20140325007152I: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Shafter, CA, March 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2014, 13:40 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5005° N, 119.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shafter, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5005&lon=-119.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59154, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59154) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140325007152I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING N59154, A BOEING A75N1 COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A STEARMAN, SOUTHBOUND FROM THE AREA NEAR THE FUEL FARM TOWARDS RUNWAY 35.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE A RIGHT TURN THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT TIE DOWN AREA AND STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT, N6413X A CESSNA 180.  N6413X WAS PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TAXI LINE WITH THE TAIL FACING EAST.  THE TIE DOWN AFFIXED TO THE GROUND FOR THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY.  WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW N59154 TAXIING FASTER THAN THE NORMAL 5-10 KNOT TAXI SPEED AND ESTIMATED THAT N59154 WAS TAXIING BETWEEN 15-20 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  WHEN N59154 STRUCK N6413X IT WAS TRAVELING FAST ENOUGH THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT THE TAIL OF N59154 ROSE INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FEET, AS DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND ACCORDING TO WITNESS ACCOUNTS N59154 SUSTAINED MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER.  N59154 DEPARTED THE AIRPORT BEFORE PICTURES BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER COULD BE TAKEN.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6413X, Cessna 180D: no report for this aircraft; [N6413X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6413X) is registered now

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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