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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Panama City, FL · October 11, 1998

Date: October 11, 1998 · 21:00 local
Place: Panama City, FL
Airport: Panama City-Bay County
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N252YC
Reported as: Mooney M20K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total350 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N252YCRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-1074 · Built 1987 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 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.

(-5)The aircraft departed the ramp at sowell aviation ramp at night for taxi to the active runway. The aircraft entered a closed taxiway area of the airport and proceeded to follow some green lights which he thought were centerline lights. The lights were at the edge of the taxiway. The aircraft hit a sign. The aircraft tried to exit onto a taxi was that is for entering the ramp only. This occurred at night. The sign that was hit says do not enter. Sign was not lighted. The aircraft tried to exit onto a taxiway that was for entering the ramp only. There was some wing leading edge and prop tip damage to the aircraft. There is also a question of the possibly improper lighting. Coordinating with the airport and the district office about the lighting.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RAMP AT SOWELL AVIATION RAMP AT NIGHT FOR TAXI TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A CLOSED TAXIWAY AREA OF THE AIRPORT AND PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW SOME GREEN LIGHTS WHICH HE THOUGHT WERE CENTERLINE LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS WERE AT THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO EXIT ONTO A TAXI WAS THAT IS FOR ENTERING THE RAMP ONLY. THIS OCCURRED AT NIGHT. THE SIGN THAT WAS HIT SAYS DO NOT ENTER. SIGN WAS NOT LIGHTED. THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO EXIT ONTO A TAXIWAY THAT WAS FOR ENTERING THE RAMP ONLY. THERE WAS SOME WING LEADING EDGE AND PROP TIP DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION OF THE POSSIBLY IMPROPER LIGHTING. COORDINATING WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE ABOUT THE LIGHTING.