# Incident 19961221039669I: Piper PA23, Hampton, GA, December 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1996, 15:10 local time
- Place: Hampton, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3792° N, 84.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3792&lon=-84.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1290P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1290P-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961221039669I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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