19970131001199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Quitman, TX · January 31, 1997

Date
January 31, 1997 · 22:15 local
Place
Quitman, TX
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7065P
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
705 total519 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

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: while taxiing at night both landing lights accidentally turned off. Continued to allow airplane to move as searched for landing light switches. Drifted off taxiway, right main gear fell into drain opening. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING AT NIGHT BOTH LANDING LIGHTS ACCIDENTALLY TURNED OFF. CONTINUED TO ALLOW AIRPLANE TO MOVE AS SEARCHED FOR LANDING LIGHT SWITCHES. DRIFTED OFF TAXIWAY, RIGHT MAIN GEAR FELL INTO DRAIN OPENING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.