# Incident 20171202022549I: Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER, San Bernadino, CA, December 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2017, 14:30 local time
- Place: San Bernadino, CA
- Airport: San Bernadino International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721KL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N721KL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER (registry code 060009K, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-lsa-s-r-l-alpha-trainer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS2 (registry code 55599, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL LSA S R L ALPHA TRAINER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 455 total, 90 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171202022549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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