# Incident 19981011041199I: Mooney M20K, Panama City, FL, October 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1998, 21:00 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City-Bay County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252YC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252YC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 350 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981011041199I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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