# Incident 20180911021002I: Luscombe 8E, Ann Arbor, MI, September 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2018, 18:15 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2057K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2057K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,265 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180911021002I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1812 EST ON 09/11/2018 A CESSNA 172, N3544B, WAS POSITIONED IN THE RUN-UP AREA BEFORE THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RUNWAY 6 WHEN A LUSCOMBE 8E AIRCRAFT, N2057K, TAXIED INTO THE CESSNA.  THE PROPELLER OF THE LUSCOMBE IMPACTED THE L/H OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE AND WING TIP OF THE CESSNA, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE L/E SKIN AND TIP.  THE LUSCOMBE PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BLADES.  AFTER IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT WERE SHUT DOWN AND THE PILOT OF THE LUSCOMBE STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE STATIONARY AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES.  BOTH AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PARKING POSITIONS/HANGAR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3544B, Cessna 172R: no report for this aircraft; [N3544B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3544B) 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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