# Incident 20151120022462I: Cessna 182P, Concord, CA, November 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2015, 20:00 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2170M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2170M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151120022462I

## Narrative

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

N2170M REQUESTED TAXI FROM THE CLUBHOUSE ON THE NW SIDE OF THE FIELD. TAXI INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED. AT APPROXIMATELY 0400Z N2170M BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL. TOWER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE PILOT OF N7532V, ADVISING THAT THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK HIS RUDDER IN THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA. A SECONDARY PHONE CALL CLARIFIED THAT THE RUDDER DAMAGE WAS ON N7532V, CAUSED BY N2170M AS IT TAXIED BY. N7532V WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. BYSTANDERS ON THE RAMP WITNESSED THE INCIDENT AND TOLD THE OWNER OF N7532V THAT N2170M STRUCK THE RUDDER WITH THE WINGTIP. THE PILOT OF N2170M DID NOT KNOW THAT HE HAD STRUCK ANOTHER AIRCRAFT UNTIL HE WAS INFORMED BY ATC.  N7532V SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND IS BEING REPAIRED. THE PILOT OF N2170M NOTED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7532V, Cessna 177RG: no report for this aircraft in the release

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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