# Incident 19960505015249I: Cessna T210R, Wichita, KS, May 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1996, 12:34 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6542U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6542U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210R (registry code 2073459, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 7 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960505015249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS RE-POSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FROM ONE RAMP AREA TO ANOTHER. HE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM GROUND CONTROL. THE TAXIWAY FORKS AS IT APPROACHES RUNWAY 19L/1R. THE PILOT SAW SOME BARRICADES TO HIS LEFT, TAXIED FORWARD, AND THE NOSE GEAR FELL INTO A SHALLOW EXCAVATION. AFTER THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ON THE YINGLING RAMP, HE NOTICED THE PROP TIPS HAD RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE BARRICADES ARE PAINTED BOARDS AND ARE FREQUENTLY MOVED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DRIVING TO AND FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

## Other reports on N6542U (1)

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

- [Incident 20150120000219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150120000219I), Jan 20, 2015: Cessna T210R (N6542U), Broomfield, CO, No damage. On 11/30/2014, pilot in command of N6542U deviated from his clearance altitude and reported attitude indicator malfunction. Pilot did not declare an emergency.…

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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