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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Alon A2 · Sidney, OH · April 12, 2015

Date: April 12, 2015 · 15:30 local
Place: Sidney, OH
Airport: Sidney Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5487E
Reported as: Alon A2
Reported engine: Continental C90 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,042 total500 in this make and model

N5487ERegistration cancelled Feb 2, 2019 · Alon A2S/N A-21 · Built 1965 Airframe modelAlon A2 Engine modelContinental C90 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On April 12, 2015 at 15:30 local, N5487E, an Alon A2 aircraft was started for planned taxi familiarization. When the motor started it achieved a higher than expected RPM. With the pilot seated at the controls the aircraft proceeded south bound on a taxiway between rows of hangers. The aircraft departed the paved surface and turned westbound through the grass. The right wing contacted the back of a commercial mower and the aircraft continued a right turn to a north west heading. The propeller made contact multiple times with a light pole that lay horizontally on the ground.

Damage to the aircraft skin was sustained to both wings and the aircraft tail section as it contacted various debris items that lay in it?s path. The front tire sustained a loss of pressure.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 12, 2015 AT 15:30 LOCAL, N5487E, AN ALON A2 AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED FOR PLANNED TAXI FAMILIARIZATION. WHEN THE MOTOR STARTED IT ACHIEVED A HIGHER THAN EXPECTED RPM. WITH THE PILOT SEATED AT THE CONTROLS THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED SOUTH BOUND ON A TAXIWAY BETWEEN ROWS OF HANGERS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AND TURNED WESTBOUND THROUGH THE GRASS. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE BACK OF A COMMERCIAL MOWER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A RIGHT TURN TO A NORTH WEST HEADING. THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT MULTIPLE TIMES WITH A LIGHT POLE THAT LAY HORIZONTALLY ON THE GROUND.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT SKIN WAS SUSTAINED TO BOTH WINGS AND THE AIRCRAFT TAIL SECTION AS IT CONTACTED VARIOUS DEBRIS ITEMS THAT LAY IN IT?S PATH. THE FRONT TIRE SUSTAINED A LOSS OF PRESSURE.