- Date
- February 13, 2016, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi: Ground collisionStanding-engine(s) operating: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA reports
- 20160213008142I20160213003802I
- Case key
- 92734
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The taxiing pilot's failure to remain a safe distance from the stopped airplane while taxiing to the run-up area, resulting in a ground collision and substantial damage.
Findings · 6
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
N67086 · Consolidated Vultee BT 15
N201DQ · Mooney M20J
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
N67086 · Consolidated Vultee BT 15
N201DQ · Mooney M20J
Analysis
According to the taxiing pilot, during taxi to the run-up area in order to perform a maintenance check, he attempted to maneuver around an airplane that had stopped in the non-movement area. He reported that the left wing of his airplane impacted the tail of the stopped airplane. According to the pilot of the stopped airplane, he had taxied out of the refuel station in order to allow other aircraft to refuel. He reported that he taxied south and stopped in the non-movement area next to the aircraft tie downs, where he remained stopped for approximately five minutes as he set up the radios and received the ATIS information for his flight. He reported that he felt an impact from the rear of his airplane; he shut down his engine, and exited the airplane. The taxiing airplane sustained minor damage to the left wing and stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage and vertical stabilizer. Both pilots reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the taxi that would have prevented normal flight operation.
Factual narrative
According to the taxiing pilot, during taxi to the run-up area in order to perform a maintenance check, he attempted to maneuver around an airplane that had stopped in the non-movement area. He reported that the left wing of his airplane impacted the tail of the stopped airplane. According to the pilot of the stopped airplane, he had taxied out of the refuel station in order to allow other aircraft to refuel. He reported that he taxied south and stopped in the non-movement area next to the aircraft tie downs, where he remained stopped for approximately five minutes as he set up the radios and received the ATIS information for his flight. He reported that he felt an impact from the rear of his airplane; he shut down his engine, and exited the airplane. The taxiing airplane sustained minor damage to the left wing and stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage and vertical stabilizer. Both pilots reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the taxi that would have prevented normal flight operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N67086
- Reported as
- Consolidated Vultee BT 15 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9597
- Built
- 1943
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Curtiss Bruce Christenson
- Registered owner
- Mark Helmricks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- CNO · Chino
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N201DQ
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0091
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 1,207.7
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brande Lewis
- Registered owner
- Brande Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- CNO · Chino
- Equipment
- None
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N67086
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 29, 2014
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 3,195 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N201DQ
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 467 total · 36 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KCNO
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 21, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.