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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Long Beach, CA · November 20, 2015

Date
November 20, 2015 · 14:35 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3951N
Reported as
Mooney M-20G
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total2,700 in this make and model8 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.

privacy data omitted Had just exited runway 30 at taxiway c and was switching to ground control. privacy data omitted Was having trouble tuning the radio "due to high sunlight in the cockpit." Due to this distraction, privacy data omitted allowed the airplane to roll forward and it hit a taxiway light with the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD JUST EXITED RUNWAY 30 AT TAXIWAY C AND WAS SWITCHING TO GROUND CONTROL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HAVING TROUBLE TUNING THE RADIO "DUE TO HIGH SUNLIGHT IN THE COCKPIT." DUE TO THIS DISTRACTION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO ROLL FORWARD AND IT HIT A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER.