- Date
- July 1, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N95162Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850701031679A
- Case key
- 33975
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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
While taxiing to takeoff, the plt was proceeding between 2 rows of hangars. He stated that he was having a problem with the acft transceiver & was adjusting it for taxi instructions. At about that time, the right wing tip of the acft struck the tail rotor of a small helicopter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95162
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9562
- Airframe hours
- 2,049
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. Robert Petersen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- CID
- Destination
- IOW · Iowa City, IA
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 311 in this make and model · 288 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.