# Incident 20160523009162I: Yakovlev YAK-52, Louisville, KY, May 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2016, 17:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87YK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87YK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK-52
- Reported engine: VENDENYEV M14P
- People aboard: 3
- 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/20160523009162I

## Narrative

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

N87YK TAXIED INTO REAR OF N9110M, AT A SLOW SPEED, CONTACTING THE RIGHT WING OF N87YK AND THE TAIL OF N9110M.  THE RESULTING CONTACT SWUNG N87YK TO THE RIGHT MAKING FURTHER CONTACT BETWEEN THE PROP OF N87YK AND THE LEFT AILERON OF N9110M.  NO INJURIES, NO POST EVENT FIRE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9110M, Yakovlev YAK-52: no report for this aircraft; [N9110M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9110M) 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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