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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Tulsa, OK · February 27, 1997

Date: February 27, 1997 · 19:30 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N96525
Reported as: Cessna 172P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,365 total1 in this make and model139 in the last 90 days

N96525Registration cancelled Mar 9, 2019 · Cessna 172PS/N 17276083 · Built 1983 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: at approximately 1930 local time, shree bhattarai landed on runway 19L at riverside airport (srvs). As he taxied down the runway he saw the blue lights of taxi-way tango (along the north side of runway 31), and mistaking them for taxi-way kilo, he started his turn before the taxi-way lining up on those lights. As he reached an angle 90 degrees to runway 19L his landing light illuminated the grass area west of the runway. When he noticed what had happened and saw the grass ahead of him, he tried to sharpen his turn to the left using the left brake but was unable to prevent the right main landing gear from exiting the runway. The landing gear became stuck in the soft earth and he was unable to move. Dictated to jason hogue and kevin r. murphy (2130: 2/27/97)

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 LOCAL TIME, SHREE BHATTARAI LANDED ON RUNWAY 19L AT RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (SRVS). AS HE TAXIED DOWN THE RUNWAY HE SAW THE BLUE LIGHTS OF TAXI-WAY TANGO (ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 31), AND MISTAKING THEM FOR TAXI-WAY KILO, HE STARTED HIS TURN BEFORE THE TAXI-WAY LINING UP ON THOSE LIGHTS. AS HE REACHED AN ANGLE 90 DEGREES TO RUNWAY 19L HIS LANDING LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE GRASS AREA WEST OF THE RUNWAY. WHEN HE NOTICED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND SAW THE GRASS AHEAD OF HIM, HE TRIED TO SHARPEN HIS TURN TO THE LEFT USING THE LEFT BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FROM EXITING THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR BECAME STUCK IN THE SOFT EARTH AND HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. DICTATED TO JASON HOGUE AND KEVIN R. MURPHY (2130: 2/27/97)