19981003041069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210G · Alva, OK · October 3, 1998

Date
October 3, 1998 · 11:30 local
Place
Alva, OK
Airport
Alva Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5821F
Reported as
Cessna 210G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total250 in this make and model10 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.

(-5)Aircraft parked on grass by ground crew. On departure while taxiing to the paved taxiway, the nose gear fell into a ditch (the ditch was grown over with grass and not visable) that had been dug to install new taxiway lighting, but was never used or filled in. The prop struck the ground and engine stopped rotation. No other damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)AIRCRAFT PARKED ON GRASS BY GROUND CREW. ON DEPARTURE WHILE TAXIING TO THE PAVED TAXIWAY, THE NOSE GEAR FELL INTO A DITCH (THE DITCH WAS GROWN OVER WITH GRASS AND NOT VISABLE) THAT HAD BEEN DUG TO INSTALL NEW TAXIWAY LIGHTING, BUT WAS NEVER USED OR FILLED IN. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND ENGINE STOPPED ROTATION. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.