19871012063169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 310P · Bay St Louis, MS · October 12, 1987

Date
October 12, 1987 · 23:00 local
Place
Bay St Louis, MS
Airport
Stennis International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5779M
Reported as
Cessna 310P
Reported engine
Continental IO470VO
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,684 total49 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit a ditch and collapsed the landing gear while taxiing on a grass strip at 65MPH. Aircraft was siezed by customs.

As the FAA filed it

HIT A DITCH AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR WHILE TAXIING ON A GRASS STRIP AT 65MPH. AIRCRAFT WAS SIEZED BY CUSTOMS.

Other reports on N5779M · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.