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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands · February 23, 1989

Date
February 23, 1989 · 19:39 local
Place
Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
Airport
Cyril E King Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5893Y
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540C1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
463 total75 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Landing light failed while taxiing. Right wheel left runway. Propeller hit edge of runway.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING LIGHT FAILED WHILE TAXIING. RIGHT WHEEL LEFT RUNWAY. PROPELLER HIT EDGE OF RUNWAY.