# Incident 19960224006599I: Beech D45, Hendersonville, NC, February 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hendersonville, NC
- Airport: Hendersonville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3076° N, 82.4332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSONVILLE (0A7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3076&lon=-82.4332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85995, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85995-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D45
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,040 total, 11 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960224006599I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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