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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER · San Bernadino, CA · December 2, 2017

Date: December 2, 2017 · 14:30 local
Place: San Bernadino, CA
Airport: San Bernadino International
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N721KL
Reported as: Pipistrel Lsa S R L Alpha Trainer
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 455 total90 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N721KLRegistered now · Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINERS/N 870 AT 912 LSA · Built 2017 Airframe modelPipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER Engine modelRotax 912ULS24 cycle

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 approximately 14:30PST (2230Z), privacy data omitted landed at San Bernadino intl airport and was taxing his light sport aircraft, N721KL north on taxiway bravo with the intention of turning east bound on taxiway echo to continue to the east ramp. privacy data omitted Missed the taxiway east intersection and continued northbound and hit a taxiway ending marking sign with the aircraft propeller. The impact caused damage to both the airport sign and aircraft propeller. The airport operations officer, privacy data omitted, confirmed there was no damage to the aircraft with the exception of the propeller. He also confirmed no injury to the pilot and no passengers were on board. The airport manager, privacy data omitted stated the pilot seemed confused on which direction to turn for the intended route which is the causal factor for hitting the sign. The pilot confirmed he was disoriented and missed the turn on to taxiway echo.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30PST (2230Z), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT SAN BERNADINO INTL AIRPORT AND WAS TAXING HIS LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, N721KL NORTH ON TAXIWAY BRAVO WITH THE INTENTION OF TURNING EAST BOUND ON TAXIWAY ECHO TO CONTINUE TO THE EAST RAMP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MISSED THE TAXIWAY EAST INTERSECTION AND CONTINUED NORTHBOUND AND HIT A TAXIWAY ENDING MARKING SIGN WITH THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER. THE IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH THE AIRPORT SIGN AND AIRCRAFT PROPELLER. THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS OFFICER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPELLER. HE ALSO CONFIRMED NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THE AIRPORT MANAGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE PILOT SEEMED CONFUSED ON WHICH DIRECTION TO TURN FOR THE INTENDED ROUTE WHICH IS THE CAUSAL FACTOR FOR HITTING THE SIGN. THE PILOT CONFIRMED HE WAS DISORIENTED AND MISSED THE TURN ON TO TAXIWAY ECHO.