Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a construction sign during taxi operations.
NTSB analysis
The pilot reported that, after landing on runway 11, he realized runway 5/23 was being used as a taxiway so he back taxied onto runway 23. He saw another airplane taxiing toward him and made several CTAF transmissions to the pilot but received no response. Not knowing the taxiing airplane's intentions, he maneuvered his airplane to the left side of runway 5, and the left wing struck a construction sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for GAA19CA585 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 9, 2019
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Keystone Heights, Florida
- Nearest airport
- Keystone Airpark (42J)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Beech 23
- N-number
- N6009U
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1978
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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