20200829019042I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman F8F-2 · Wahiawa, HI · August 29, 2020

Date
August 29, 2020 · 11:00 local
Place
Wahiawa, HI
Airport
Wheeler Aaf
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N68RW
Reported as
Grumman F8F-2
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total333 in this make and model41 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.

N68RW was taxiing into its parking spot when the propeller made contact with a fire bottle. The aircraft then looped around in a wide arc to the right and made contact with the opposite side N2983 which was parked in the next spot. Minor damage to both aircraft. One propeller blade departed the aircraft when it made contact with the engine of N2983. Because the pilot and passenger were still in N2983 after flight, another record was created per the instructions on this site and in 49 CFR 830. See AWP1320012 for documentation for N2983.

As the FAA filed it

N68RW WAS TAXIING INTO ITS PARKING SPOT WHEN THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH A FIRE BOTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LOOPED AROUND IN A WIDE ARC TO THE RIGHT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE OPPOSITE SIDE N2983 WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE NEXT SPOT. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. ONE PROPELLER BLADE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE OF N2983. BECAUSE THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE STILL IN N2983 AFTER FLIGHT, ANOTHER RECORD WAS CREATED PER THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS SITE AND IN 49 CFR 830. SEE AWP1320012 FOR DOCUMENTATION FOR N2983.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

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Other reports on N68RW · 1

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