# Incident 20201230019519I: Canadair CL-215, Van Nuys, CA, December 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2020, 14:35 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GQBI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR CL-215
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201230019519I

## Narrative

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

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.?

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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