# Incident 19960712027619I: Piper PA24, Port Hill, ID, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 09:00 local time
- Place: Port Hill, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9983° N, 116.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Porthill, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9983&lon=-116.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: CKWBT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 200 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/19960712027619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT PORT HILL, TAXIING, AND PARKING AT THE "PARK HERE FOR US CUSTOMS" AREA, REBOARDED FOR A FLIGHT TO MCCALL, ID. AS AIRCRAFT TAXIED OUT ON A WELL MANICURED TAXIWAY TO THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT INTO A "SINK HOLE" ABOUT TWO FEET ACROSS AND 18 INCHES DEEP, BREAKING OFF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE GRASS HAD GROWN UP AND HAD BEEN CUT OFF EVENLY; THEREFORE, GIVING NO INDICATION OF ANY DANGER.

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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