- Date
- October 5, 2006, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70946Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20061005021479A
- Case key
- 64668
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance while taxiing. A contributing factor was the temporary construction fence next to the taxiway.
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 said that he was taxiing to his hangar with the airplane's nose wheel on the centerline of the taxiway. The airplane's left wing struck a temporary construction fence that had been moved onto the edge of the taxiway. The left wing leading edge was damaged approximately 6 feet in from the wingtip and the left aileron was separated from the wing.
Factual narrative
On October 5, 2006, at approximately 1100 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182M, N70946, was substantially damaged when it impacted a temporary construction fence during taxi at Boise Air Terminal, Boise, Idaho. The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the aircraft under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight which originated from Nampa, Idaho, approximately 20 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed.
The pilot said that he was taxiing to his hangar with the airplane's nose wheel on the centerline of the taxiway. The airplane's left wing struck a temporary construction fence that had been moved onto the edge of the taxiway. The left wing leading edge was damaged approximately 6 feet in from the wingtip and the left aileron was separated from the wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70946
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259429
- Airframe hours
- 4,860
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R25F, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ward D. Parkinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2005
- Departed
- S67 · Nampa, ID
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Airport
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,213 total · 1,051 in this make and model · 1,140 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.93 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N70946 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.