19961221039669I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Hampton, GA · December 21, 1996

Date: December 21, 1996 · 15:10 local
Place: Hampton, GA
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1290P
Reported as: Piper PA23
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries: 0

N1290PRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Piper PA-23S/N 23-324 · Built 1955 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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: the operator at the time of the incident was the mechanic who had worked on the engine. He was doing a high speed taxi and got up to full throttle and halfway down the runway when the left engine locked up and stopped running. The aircraft lifted approximately 8-10 feet off the ground and made a hard left turn, struck the ground and did a nose to tail cartwheel and finally came to rest right side up approx. 350 feet away from the side of the runway in the mud and grass. Victim's injury was a small laceration to his forehead. Since there was no intent to fly the aircraft, this was called an incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS THE MECHANIC WHO HAD WORKED ON THE ENGINE. HE WAS DOING A HIGH SPEED TAXI AND GOT UP TO FULL THROTTLE AND HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE LOCKED UP AND STOPPED RUNNING. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 8-10 FEET OFF THE GROUND AND MADE A HARD LEFT TURN, STRUCK THE GROUND AND DID A NOSE TO TAIL CARTWHEEL AND FINALLY CAME TO REST RIGHT SIDE UP APPROX. 350 FEET AWAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE MUD AND GRASS. VICTIM'S INJURY WAS A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD. SINCE THERE WAS NO INTENT TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT, THIS WAS CALLED AN INCIDENT.