20190729015532I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Camarillo, CA · July 29, 2019

Date
July 29, 2019 · 12:00 local
Place
Camarillo, CA
Airport
Camarillo Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2069M
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total40 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot wax taxing back from flight to the parking spot. Pilot tried to taxi between a parked aircraft and a static display helicopter positioned behind the parked aircraft. The taxing aircraft collided with the parked aircraft causing damage to the left wingtip/position light on the taxing aircraft. The parked aircraft sustained minor damage to the rudder control surface.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAX TAXING BACK FROM FLIGHT TO THE PARKING SPOT. PILOT TRIED TO TAXI BETWEEN A PARKED AIRCRAFT AND A STATIC DISPLAY HELICOPTER POSITIONED BEHIND THE PARKED AIRCRAFT. THE TAXING AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE PARKED AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP/POSITION LIGHT ON THE TAXING AIRCRAFT. THE PARKED AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER CONTROL SURFACE.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.