42.4699° N, 71.2890° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 7, 1995 · 06:30 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51RW
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total70 in this make and model48 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.
Narrative: aircraft landed prior to tower opening. Runway and taxiway lights were not illuminated by pilot activation. Aircraft was taxiing off of runway 11 onto runway 23 and struck a raised runway edge light. Right propeller was damaged and subsequently removed from aircraft. No passengers were on board.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED PRIOR TO TOWER OPENING. RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED BY PILOT ACTIVATION. AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING OFF OF RUNWAY 11 ONTO RUNWAY 23 AND STRUCK A RAISED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. RIGHT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT. NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD.