Narrative:

I called ground control to request taxi for takeoff clearance from the 'T-hangars,' and received the clearance to 'taxi to runway 30.' I read back the clearance, and corrected the controller's misstatement of my n-number, which he then confirmed correctly. The taxiway from the t-hangars is taxiway a, which parallels runway 30/12 to its north and east side. I was taxiing southeast on taxiway a just below the tower when I heard ground control transmit 'mooney XXX, hold short of taxiway a.' a single-engine mooney crossed immediately in front of me from an intersecting taxiway creating an imminent collision situation. I took evasive braking action to avoid a collision. My airplane rotated forward on its main landing gear and the propeller contacted the taxiway stopping the engine suddenly. My airplane did not collide with the mooney. My airplane remained standing on its nose and main landing gear. Fuel was escaping from the fuel vent on top of the wing because of the extreme nose down position of the airplane as it sat. I exited the airplane, then re-entered to turn off the master switch, the fuel and the ignition. Fuel continued to escape from the vent until I obtained a ladder and plugged the vent with some putty. A rope was thrown over the top of the fuselage immediately in front of the vertical stabilizer. With the help of about 6 people, the tail was pulled down, then lowered gently to the ground. I then towed the aircraft to my hangar where it was checked for fuel leaks, and preliminarily checked for damage. A preliminary check of damage showed damage to the propeller, spinner, and lower cowling. Because this damage assessment, though preliminary, suggests that the airplane did not sustain 'substantial damage' within the meaning of 49 crash fire rescue equipment part 830.2, and since there were no injuries, I determined that an 'incident' had occurred within the meaning of that same section. Because this incident did not meet any of the conditions described in part 830.5(a), I determined that neither initial notification nor a report need be filed with the NTSB.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A C195 TAILWHEEL ACFT STOPPED FAST TO AVOID COLLISION WITH A MOONEY SEL TAXIING ACROSS THE PATH OF THE RPTR RESULTING IN THE RPTR'S ACFT TIPPING UP ON ITS NOSE. THE C195 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, ENG AND ENG COWLING WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCIDENT CLASSIFICATION.

Narrative: I CALLED GND CTL TO REQUEST TAXI FOR TKOF CLRNC FROM THE 'T-HANGARS,' AND RECEIVED THE CLRNC TO 'TAXI TO RWY 30.' I READ BACK THE CLRNC, AND CORRECTED THE CTLR'S MISSTATEMENT OF MY N-NUMBER, WHICH HE THEN CONFIRMED CORRECTLY. THE TXWY FROM THE T-HANGARS IS TXWY A, WHICH PARALLELS RWY 30/12 TO ITS N AND E SIDE. I WAS TAXIING SE ON TXWY A JUST BELOW THE TWR WHEN I HEARD GND CTL XMIT 'MOONEY XXX, HOLD SHORT OF TXWY A.' A SINGLE-ENG MOONEY CROSSED IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME FROM AN INTERSECTING TXWY CREATING AN IMMINENT COLLISION SIT. I TOOK EVASIVE BRAKING ACTION TO AVOID A COLLISION. MY AIRPLANE ROTATED FORWARD ON ITS MAIN LNDG GEAR AND THE PROP CONTACTED THE TXWY STOPPING THE ENG SUDDENLY. MY AIRPLANE DID NOT COLLIDE WITH THE MOONEY. MY AIRPLANE REMAINED STANDING ON ITS NOSE AND MAIN LNDG GEAR. FUEL WAS ESCAPING FROM THE FUEL VENT ON TOP OF THE WING BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME NOSE DOWN POS OF THE AIRPLANE AS IT SAT. I EXITED THE AIRPLANE, THEN RE-ENTERED TO TURN OFF THE MASTER SWITCH, THE FUEL AND THE IGNITION. FUEL CONTINUED TO ESCAPE FROM THE VENT UNTIL I OBTAINED A LADDER AND PLUGGED THE VENT WITH SOME PUTTY. A ROPE WAS THROWN OVER THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE VERT STABILIZER. WITH THE HELP OF ABOUT 6 PEOPLE, THE TAIL WAS PULLED DOWN, THEN LOWERED GENTLY TO THE GND. I THEN TOWED THE ACFT TO MY HANGAR WHERE IT WAS CHKED FOR FUEL LEAKS, AND PRELIMINARILY CHKED FOR DAMAGE. A PRELIMINARY CHK OF DAMAGE SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, SPINNER, AND LOWER COWLING. BECAUSE THIS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, THOUGH PRELIMINARY, SUGGESTS THAT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SUSTAIN 'SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE' WITHIN THE MEANING OF 49 CFR PART 830.2, AND SINCE THERE WERE NO INJURIES, I DETERMINED THAT AN 'INCIDENT' HAD OCCURRED WITHIN THE MEANING OF THAT SAME SECTION. BECAUSE THIS INCIDENT DID NOT MEET ANY OF THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN PART 830.5(A), I DETERMINED THAT NEITHER INITIAL NOTIFICATION NOR A RPT NEED BE FILED WITH THE NTSB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.