19981007034379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 108 · New Castle, PA · October 7, 1998

Date: October 7, 1998 · 15:00 local
Place: New Castle, PA
Airport: New Castle Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N97568
Reported as: Univar 108
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 170 total86 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N97568Registered now · Stinson 108S/N 108-568 · Built 1946 Airframe modelStinson 108 Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 seriesReciprocating

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.

During a turn from a newly constructed taxiway onto an established taxiway, the pilot taxied his aircraft off the taxiway and into a 1 1/2 foot deep hole abeam the intersection of the two taxiways. The propeller struck the taxiway causing he tail of the aircraft to swing rapidly to the left, bending the tail wheel. A subsequent inspection of the aircraft revealed damage to the right main gear and fairing, propeller, firewall on the left side, and the tail wheel and mounts. The pilot states the area was marked by one orange barrel and two orange cones. The pilot also states that his passenger did see or advise the pilot of the hole in the unpaved area next to the taxiways.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A TURN FROM A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TAXIWAY ONTO AN ESTABLISHED TAXIWAY, THE PILOT TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT OFF THE TAXIWAY AND INTO A 1 1/2 FOOT DEEP HOLE ABEAM THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO TAXIWAYS. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TAXIWAY CAUSING HE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO SWING RAPIDLY TO THE LEFT, BENDING THE TAIL WHEEL. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND FAIRING, PROPELLER, FIREWALL ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND THE TAIL WHEEL AND MOUNTS. THE PILOT STATES THE AREA WAS MARKED BY ONE ORANGE BARREL AND TWO ORANGE CONES. THE PILOT ALSO STATES THAT HIS PASSENGER DID SEE OR ADVISE THE PILOT OF THE HOLE IN THE UNPAVED AREA NEXT TO THE TAXIWAYS.