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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Lakeland, FL · April 24, 2015

Date
April 24, 2015 · 12:35 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59GM
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total1,100 in this make and model60 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 was taxiing aircraft to park the aircraft in a grass area during the sun-n-fun airshow. The pilot disregarded the commands from flagman to not park there since it was closed and nobody is able to marshall him. The pilot proceeded anyways and while looking over his right shoulder to see the aircraft parked there, his left wing hit a parked aircraft's prop-hub on his left side.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT IN A GRASS AREA DURING THE SUN-N-FUN AIRSHOW. THE PILOT DISREGARDED THE COMMANDS FROM FLAGMAN TO NOT PARK THERE SINCE IT WAS CLOSED AND NOBODY IS ABLE TO MARSHALL HIM. THE PILOT PROCEEDED ANYWAYS AND WHILE LOOKING OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO SEE THE AIRCRAFT PARKED THERE, HIS LEFT WING HIT A PARKED AIRCRAFT'S PROP-HUB ON HIS LEFT SIDE.