# Incident 19960306010049I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Caro, MI, March 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1996, 21:00 local time
- Place: Caro, MI
- Airport: Caro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4893° N, 83.4017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Caro, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4893&lon=-83.4017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 115 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960306010049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE TAXIWAY WAS POORLY PLOWED AND THE CENTERLINE STRIPE WAS SNOW COVERED AND NOT VISIBLE. THE PILOT JUDGED WHERE HE THOUGHT THE CENTER WAS BY TAXIING DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE PREVIOUSLY PLOWED BANKS. SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET INTO THE TAXIWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN BROKE THROUGH THE FROST INTO A 8" DEEP SINK HOLE. THE RIGHT WING WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED.

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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