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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna CE-182T · South Burlingto, VT · April 28, 2014

Date: April 28, 2014 · 20:45 local
Place: South Burlingto, VT
Airport: Burlington International
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Cessna CE-182T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours: 181 total83 in this make and model6 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.

Pilot departed heritage flight service FBO with instruction to taxi on "kilo." He observed signage for the taxiway but misunderstood it as marking a vehicle access road as the taxiway. The CE-182 has only one taxi light on the left wing resulting in lower visibility on the right side of the aircraft. The pilot proceeded to taxi on the vehicle road not realizing his error until the right wing struck a chain link perimeter fence. Damage to the aircraft was limited to an approximate two foot area of the wing leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED HERITAGE FLIGHT SERVICE FBO WITH INSTRUCTION TO TAXI ON "KILO." HE OBSERVED SIGNAGE FOR THE TAXIWAY BUT MISUNDERSTOOD IT AS MARKING A VEHICLE ACCESS ROAD AS THE TAXIWAY. THE CE-182 HAS ONLY ONE TAXI LIGHT ON THE LEFT WING RESULTING IN LOWER VISIBILITY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAXI ON THE VEHICLE ROAD NOT REALIZING HIS ERROR UNTIL THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A CHAIN LINK PERIMETER FENCE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO AN APPROXIMATE TWO FOOT AREA OF THE WING LEADING EDGE.