- Date
- August 14, 2007, 07:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3464SCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070814019239A
- Case key
- 66449
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with obstructions while taxiing behind parked airplanes.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane collided with objects while taxiing to a parking spot on the ramp area after landing and sustained substantial damage. When the pilot taxied onto the ramp, he decided to park next to two Twin Otters. His plan was to taxi behind the other airplanes and he felt he had sufficient clearance to accomplish this task. The airplane's left wing contacted a light pole and a sign located on a raised embankment while taxiing behind the other airplanes. The impact with the objects caused the airplane to yaw to the left and the propeller impacted the embankment. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On August 14, 2007, at 0725 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182H, N3464S, impacted a light pole with the left wing while taxiing to parking at Page Municipal Airport (PGA), Page, Arizona. Air Grand Canyon, Inc., operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airline transport licensed pilot was not injured. The flight departed Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), Grand Canyon, Arizona, at 0640. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the repositioning flight, and a company VFR flight plan had been filed.
In a written report to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot stated his flight to Page was intended to pickup passengers for a Part 135 tour flight of Monument Valley. When he taxied onto the ramp at Page, he decided to park adjacent to two Twin Otters. His plan was to taxi behind the airplanes and then make a right turn to park next to them. He felt he had sufficient clearance to accomplish this task. His taxiing speed was "consistent with that normally used when maneuvering within a confined area."
The pilot further stated his airplane's left wing made contact with an elevated light pole and a sign (both are on a raised embankment along the south perimeter of the ramp area) while taxiing behind the other airplanes. The impact with the objects caused the airplane to yaw to the left. The propeller then impacted the embankment. The pilot shut down the engine by normal means and exited the airplane.
The airplane sustained substantial damage, including structural damage to the left wing. The pilot did not report any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3464S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255864
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental O-470-LCR, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Grand Canyon, Inc., doing business as Air Grand Canyon
- Registered owner
- Yaki Point, LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PGA · Page Muni
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,457 total · 106 in this make and model · 175 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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