# Incident 20151128022141I: Van Ausdall Ivor SPORT TRAINER, Merritt Island, FL, November 28, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2015, 09:45 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3092° N, 80.6760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merritt Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3092&lon=-80.6760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522N-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Van Ausdall Ivor SPORT TRAINER (registry code 05628T8, https://openairdocs.org/model/van-ausdall-ivor-sport-trainer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VAN AUSDALL IVOR SPORT TRAINER
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 130 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151128022141I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXING TO RUNWAY 11 FOR DEPARTURE, THE LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT N522N STRUCK THE RUDDER OF AIRRAFT N460X THAT WAS STOPPED AWAITING DEPARTURE INSTRUCTION. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO PILOT ONBOARD EITHER AIRCRAFT. HOWEVER, THE RUDDER ON AIRCAFT N460X WAS DAMAGE MAKINNG IT UNAIRWOTHY. THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OF AIRCRAFT N522N RECEIVED DAMAGE AND THE PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WILL HAVE THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTEED BY A QUALIFIED A/P MECHANIC AND THE APPROAITE ENTRY MADE TO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS.

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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