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Pilot of a boeing stearman hit a tied down C206 during taxi due to limited visibility from his tailwheel biplane.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 439115 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sef.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 439115 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft #2 was tied down alone in a relatively remote part of the airport apron. I was concentrating on finding the correct taxiway (looking over right side of my plane) and did not see aircraft #2 on my left. I hit it while in slow taxi. Incident occurred on the apron at sebring, fl, airport (uncontrolled field). Low forward visibility in taildragger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A BOEING STEARMAN HIT A TIED DOWN C206 DURING TAXI DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITY FROM HIS TAILWHEEL BIPLANE.
Narrative: ACFT #2 WAS TIED DOWN ALONE IN A RELATIVELY REMOTE PART OF THE ARPT APRON. I WAS CONCENTRATING ON FINDING THE CORRECT TXWY (LOOKING OVER R SIDE OF MY PLANE) AND DID NOT SEE ACFT #2 ON MY L. I HIT IT WHILE IN SLOW TAXI. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE APRON AT SEBRING, FL, ARPT (UNCTLED FIELD). LOW FORWARD VISIBILITY IN TAILDRAGGER.
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.