# Incident 20200829019042I: Grumman F8F-2, Wahiawa, HI, August 29, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wahiawa, HI
- Airport: Wheeler Aaf
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.4814° N, 158.0378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELER AAF (HHI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.4814&lon=-158.0378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F8F-2 (registry code 3950802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f8f-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN F8F-2
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 333 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200829019042I

## Narrative

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

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

- N2983, North American T-6G: [Incident 20200829019052I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200829019052I)

## Other reports on N68RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20150522006879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150522006879I), May 22, 2015: Grumman F8F-2 (N68RW), Delavan, WI, Minor damage. While prepairing to land on runway 18 conflicting traffic resulted in a go-around. The gear was retracted and pilot re-entered downwind. Pilot admitts he…

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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