19940106001319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Austin, TX · January 6, 1994

Date: January 6, 1994 · 18:50 local
Place: Austin, TX
Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9807U
Reported as: Gulstm AA5A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 164 total10 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N9807URegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2002 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AS/N AA5A0207 · Built 1976 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: aircraft landed normally on runway 13L made turn to taxiway "p". Pilot noticed landing light/taxi light was burned out. It was dark and at taxiway "p" made turn. Pilot saw two bright lights on other side of taxiway. Mr. Pierce thought the bright lights were taxiway lights. He taxied the aircraft between them and off the taxiway into a ditch. The nose gear collapsed, the propeller was bent and the fiberglas wing tip was damaged. There were no injuries or fire. This matter is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY ON RUNWAY 13L MADE TURN TO TAXIWAY "P". PILOT NOTICED LANDING LIGHT/TAXI LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT. IT WAS DARK AND AT TAXIWAY "P" MADE TURN. PILOT SAW TWO BRIGHT LIGHTS ON OTHER SIDE OF TAXIWAY. MR. PIERCE THOUGHT THE BRIGHT LIGHTS WERE TAXIWAY LIGHTS. HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THEM AND OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO A DITCH. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AND THE FIBERGLAS WING TIP WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

Other reports on N9807U · 1

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

Accident 20020901028469AGreenville, TN(-23) On September 1, 2002, about 1650 eastern daylight time, a Gulfstream American AA-5A, N9807U, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, crashed shortly after takeoff at Greenville, TN. Visual…Sep 1, 2002 · Destroyed · 1 fatal