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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Canadair CL-215 · Van Nuys, CA · December 30, 2020

Date: December 30, 2020 · 14:35 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: C-GQBI
Reported as: Canadair CL-215
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,500 total2,500 in this make and model15 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.

On December 30, 2020, at 1435 PST, at the Van Nuys Airport (kvny), Van Nuys, CA, canadian registered c-gqbi, a CL2T, leased by the government for public use, firefighting support, was involved in a taxi incident after returning to kvny from a training flight. The incident aircraft struck a hangar door with right wingtip, resulting in minor damage to the aircraft and the hangar door.

Incident pilot holds a canadian pilot license.

Incident pilot stated, ?the event occurred [SIC] returning from a training flight, while maneouvring [SIC] to park the aircraft in front of the hangar doors (facing east) the 90 degrees [SIC] left turn was too wide and the right wing tip scraped the hangar door. Resulting in minor damages to the aircraft and the hangar door.?

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 30, 2020, AT 1435 PST, AT THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT (KVNY), VAN NUYS, CA, CANADIAN REGISTERED C-GQBI, A CL2T, LEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUBLIC USE, FIREFIGHTING SUPPORT, WAS INVOLVED IN A TAXI INCIDENT AFTER RETURNING TO KVNY FROM A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HANGAR DOOR WITH RIGHT WINGTIP, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE HANGAR DOOR.

INCIDENT PILOT HOLDS A CANADIAN PILOT LICENSE.

INCIDENT PILOT STATED, ?THE EVENT OCCURRED [SIC] RETURNING FROM A TRAINING FLIGHT, WHILE MANEOUVRING [SIC] TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR DOORS (FACING EAST) THE 90 DEGREES [SIC] LEFT TURN WAS TOO WIDE AND THE RIGHT WING TIP SCRAPED THE HANGAR DOOR. RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE HANGAR DOOR.?