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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Columbus, OH · November 25, 1996

Date: November 25, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place: Columbus, OH
Airport: Port Columbus International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N31DL
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total

N31DLRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-0475 · Built 1978 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft was taxiing eastward and pilot intended to turn onto a taxiway but turned early and taxied off pavement and down into a ditch. Propeller damage indicates a high power setting as the propeller struck a cement culvert. It appears that power was applied after the aircraft was initially stuck in the mud as an attempt to return to a hard surface.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING EASTWARD AND PILOT INTENDED TO TURN ONTO A TAXIWAY BUT TURNED EARLY AND TAXIED OFF PAVEMENT AND DOWN INTO A DITCH. PROPELLER DAMAGE INDICATES A HIGH POWER SETTING AS THE PROPELLER STRUCK A CEMENT CULVERT. IT APPEARS THAT POWER WAS APPLIED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS INITIALLY STUCK IN THE MUD AS AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO A HARD SURFACE.

Other reports on N31DL · 2

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

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