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.
At ksna on October 12, 2016 roughly around 21:45:54 z, N6620L was cleared to line up and wait on 20R at taxi way kilo. While taxing into position the tail began to lift up and could not be brought back down by the pilot even though he was applying full up elevator. The aircraft nosed over, the propeller struck the ground and the aircraft came to rest on it's nose with the tail in the air. Prior to N6220L starting its taxi roll an Airbus A319 just landed at roughly 21:44:20 z, a minute and 34 seconds before the incident and a Boeing 737 had just taken off before N6220L at roughly 21:45:35 19 seconds prior. The winds were variable at 3 knots according ATIS information mike at 20:53Z.
As the FAA filed it
AT KSNA ON OCTOBER 12, 2016 ROUGHLY AROUND 21:45:54 Z, N6620L WAS CLEARED TO LINE UP AND WAIT ON 20R AT TAXI WAY KILO. WHILE TAXING INTO POSITION THE TAIL BEGAN TO LIFT UP AND COULD NOT BE BROUGHT BACK DOWN BY THE PILOT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS APPLYING FULL UP ELEVATOR. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT'S NOSE WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR. PRIOR TO N6220L STARTING ITS TAXI ROLL AN AIRBUS A319 JUST LANDED AT ROUGHLY 21:44:20 Z, A MINUTE AND 34 SECONDS BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND A BOEING 737 HAD JUST TAKEN OFF BEFORE N6220L AT ROUGHLY 21:45:35 19 SECONDS PRIOR. THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 3 KNOTS ACCORDING ATIS INFORMATION MIKE AT 20:53Z.
Other reports on N6220L · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.