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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D-45 · Hendersonville, NC · February 24, 1996

Date: February 24, 1996 · 14:00 local
Place: Hendersonville, NC
Airport: Hendersonville Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N85995
Reported as: Beech D45
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,040 total11 in this make and model74 in the last 90 days

N85995Registration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Beech D-45S/N BG-209 · Built 1956 Airframe modelBeech D-45 Engine modelContinental IO-470 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: while taxiing from private property adjacent to the Hendersonville Airport, the aircraft began to cross an earthen bridge to access the runway. Excessive rain had made the bridge soft and the edge was marked with 5 gallon buckets to prevent aircraft from taxiing close to the edge. The pilot attempted to taxi in the middle of the bridge but a sinkhole opened under the aircraft's nose wheel. Damage to the aircraft was minor, involving only a bent propeller. There were no injuries to the pilot or his passenger. This incident is closed and requires no further action.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE HENDERSONVILLE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CROSS AN EARTHEN BRIDGE TO ACCESS THE RUNWAY. EXCESSIVE RAIN HAD MADE THE BRIDGE SOFT AND THE EDGE WAS MARKED WITH 5 GALLON BUCKETS TO PREVENT AIRCRAFT FROM TAXIING CLOSE TO THE EDGE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRIDGE BUT A SINKHOLE OPENED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, INVOLVING ONLY A BENT PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED AND REQUIRES NO FURTHER ACTION.