# Incident 20150416005362I: Aero Commander 685, Van Nuys, CA, April 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N685PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N685PB-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 685 (registry code 0141612, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-685) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 685
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150416005362I

## Narrative

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

N685BP WAS AT THE BLAST FENCE FOR AN ENGINE RUN PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. N685BP EXPERIENCED RIGHT ENGINE PROBLEMS WHILE PERFORMING AN ENGINE RUN UP.  THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REQUESTED TO TAXI BACK TO PARKING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING NORTH ON TAXI WAY BRAVO AND WAS EXITING AT BRAVO ONE WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES OR STEERING. THE AIRCRAFT DID A 180 DEGREE TURN FROM BRAVO ONE TO THE RAMP AREA WHERE IT CRASHED INTO A PARKED HELICOPTER, N111FN. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AT THE SCENE, THE AUX ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS OUT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED THE LEFT ENGINE AT IDLE WILL NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO OPERATE THE STEERING AND BRAKES.

THE N685BP DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT REGISTRATION

THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N111FN, Eurocopter AS 350 B2: no report for this aircraft; [N111FN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111FN) 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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