Pilot Debrief

CURTISS WRIGHT TRAVEL AIR 4000 near San Diego, CA — 2016-11-22

Final reportGAA17CA077
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Date
2016-11-22
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Airport
MYF
Aircraft
CURTISS WRIGHT TRAVEL AIR 4000
Registration
N3242
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi. --- The other pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.

NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he was cleared to taxi to the departure runway. He added that, while taxiing, he was doing S-turns to see over the nose of his airplane, and "must have missed a call to the aircraft [airplane] ahead of him," which had been instructed to hold short of the upcoming taxiway. His airplane impacted the empennage of the stopped airplane that was holding short. His airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.

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