# Incident 19981003041069I: Cessna 210G, Alva, OK, October 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: Alva, OK
- Airport: Alva Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7736° N, 98.6712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALVA RGNL (AVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7736&lon=-98.6712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5821F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5821F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981003041069I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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