20221217019299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lawrence Bontrager VANS RV 4 · Van Nuys, CA · December 17, 2022

Date
December 17, 2022 · 08:15 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Run-Up Area
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N784X
Reported as
Lawrence Bontrager Vans RV 4
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D2G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total350 in this make and model50 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.

At kvny, aircraft privacy data omitted was cleared for take-off on rwy 34L. From the run-up area at 34L, the aircraft began to taxi, hitting a taxi light at the entrance of rwy 34L. Minor damage was sustatined to the left-hand landing gear strut fairing and brake line.

As the FAA filed it

AT KVNY, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF ON RWY 34L. FROM THE RUN-UP AREA AT 34L, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TAXI, HITTING A TAXI LIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF RWY 34L. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTATINED TO THE LEFT-HAND LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING AND BRAKE LINE.