- Date
- June 12, 1993, 09:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6515QAlon A2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930612018029A
- Case key
- 28404
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain adequate obstruction clearance while taxiing. A factor in the accident was the pilot's attention being diverted by the movement of two trucks.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was taxiing the aircraft back to its parking space on the taxiway and had to pass some men and heavy equipment which were engaged in widening the taxiway. The pilot reported that as she began to pass the construction zone she was watching two trucks moving on her right side and misjudged the left wing clearance from a steam roller. The left wing tip collided with the steam roller, damaging the outboard 12 inches of the left wing.
Factual narrative
On June 12, 1993, at 0958 mountain standard time, a Alon A2, N6515Q, collided with a steam roller during a post landing taxi operation at the Goodyear, Arizona, airport. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at time and no flight plan was filed for the operation. The aircraft incurred substantial damage. The steam roller was not damaged. The certificated private pilot and the heavy equipment operator were not injured. The flight originated at the Goodyear airport on the day of the mishap at about 0900 hours as a local pattern practice flight.
In her written statement, the pilot said that she was taxiing the aircraft back to its parking space on the taxiway and had to pass some men and heavy equipment which were engaged in widening the taxiway. The pilot reported that as she began to pass the construction zone she was watching two trucks moving on her right side and misjudged the left wing clearance from a steam roller. The left wing tip collided with the steam roller, damaging the outboard 12 inches of the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6515Q
- Reported as
- Alon A2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A-115
- Airframe hours
- 2,251
- Engine
- Continental C90-16F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peggy H. Cox
- Registered owner
- J. D. & Peggy H. Cox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1993 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- GYR
- Destination
- GYR
- Airport
- GYR · Phoenix Goodyear Muni
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 439 total · 439 in this make and model · 439 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.