# Incident 20240902013499I: Crabe Brent R RV-8, Ronkonkoma, NY, September 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2024, 17:36 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Crabe Brent R RV-8 (registry code 05631D6, https://openairdocs.org/model/crabe-brent-r-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerosport IO-360 series (registry code 01306, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CRABE BRENT R RV-8
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT IO-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 115 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240902013499I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING FROM THE NY JET RAMP TO THE NON-MOVEMENT RUNUP AREA ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY A. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIIED INTO THE MEDIAN AREA BETWEEN THE RAMP AND THE RUNUP AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STRUCK A RAMP SIGN, AND THE AIRCRAFT ITSELF STRUCK A VEHICLE STOP SIGN.

## Other reports on N801BC (1)

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

- [Incident 20120530011129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120530011129I), May 30, 2012: Crabe Brent R RV-8 (N801BC), Sedona, AZ, Minor damage. Winds at the time of the incident reported to be 270 at 05 KTS. Pilot states he touched down on centerline. He was slowing down, and the tail was coming down.…

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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