N57BC is a 2001 Aviat Aircraft S-2C. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Lycoming AEIO-540 SER rated at 260 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Tonawanda, NY. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jan 2001. It has been registered to its current owner since Sep 2019. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 25 years old
- 1 of 58 Aviat Aircraft S-2C
2019
2001
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The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, "Due to the restricted visibility from the rear cockpit," he "failed to the see the C-150 that stopped on the taxiway." Subsequently, the propeller of the tailwheel airplane impacted the vertical stabilizer of a stationary Cessna airplane. The student pilot of the Cessna airplane reported that he was preparing for the engine run-up and never saw the tailwheel airplane until after the collision.
A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer of the Cessna airplane.
The pilot of the tailwheel airplane and the student pilot of the Cessna airplane reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with their respective airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
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