# Accident 20180404003301A: Piper PA-12, Bozeman, MT, April 4, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2018, 12:29 local time
- Place: Bozeman, MT
- Airport: Bozeman Yellowstone International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7786° N, 111.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7786&lon=-111.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7709H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7709H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180404003301A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 4, 2018 AT 1130 MST, A PIPER PA-12, N7709H, REGISTERED TO VALHALLA AVIATION, COLLIDED WITH N621ZC, A DIAMOND DA-42, RGISTERED TO SUMMIT AVIATION, WHILE DURING TAXI AT BOZEMAN YELLOWSTONE AIRPORT.

N621ZC HAD EXITED RWY12 ON TWY "A3" AND WAS HOLDING SHORT OF TWY "A".  N7709H LANDED RWY11, AFTER BACK TAXING ON TWY "C", AND CROSSING RWY 11, WAS INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RWY 12 TO TWY "A3" AND CONTACT BOZEMAN GROUND ON 121.8.  N77409H CROSSED RWY 12 TO TWY "A3" BUT DID NOT STOP AND IMPACTED THE TAIL OF N621ZC.

VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOZEMAN YELLOWSTONE AIRPORT ON SAME DAY AS ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR18LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA118), Apr 4, 2018: Piper PA 12 (N7709H), Bozeman, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot and flight instructor's failure to see and avoid the stationary airplane during taxi, which resulted in a ground collision.

## Other reports on N7709H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19931003037439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931003037439A), Oct 3, 1993: Piper PA12 (N7709H), Puyallup, WA, Substantial damage. Reported left wing dropped to runway on takeoff. Aircraft spun off runway into brush backwards. Cause unknown.

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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