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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Meschler Gary R RV-4 · July 28, 2022

Date
July 28, 2022 · 09:20 local
Airport
Wittman Regional
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N79KM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN22LA346
Reported as
Meschler Gary R RV-4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total

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 was taxiing to the runway via P1 and an aircraft from behind ran into the tail of the aircraft causing substantial damage to the elevators, rudder, horizontal and vertical stabilizers.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY VIA P1 AND AN AIRCRAFT FROM BEHIND RAN INTO THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ELEVATORS, RUDDER, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.