19990813024219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Carlsbad, CA · August 13, 1999

Date: August 13, 1999 · 22:35 local
Place: Carlsbad, CA
Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N60RA
Reported as: Piper PA34220T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total60 in this make and model220 in the last 90 days

N60RARegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2009 · Piper PA-34-220TS/N 34-8133092 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-220T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing on runway 24, turn off on taxiway A-4, cross parallel (alpha) taxiway, the pilot taxied the aircraft into a drainage ditch of the non movement area. The right landing gear trunnion broke and folded into the right flap. The aircraft received damage to lower wing skin in the right landing gear area. All three blades of the right propeller were damaged. There were no injuries to the pilot and passenger. The blue light on the taxiways were operatonal. The aircraft taxi lights were not working (inoperative) at the time of incident.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 24, TURN OFF ON TAXIWAY A-4, CROSS PARALLEL (ALPHA) TAXIWAY, THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH OF THE NON MOVEMENT AREA. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TRUNNION BROKE AND FOLDED INTO THE RIGHT FLAP. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO LOWER WING SKIN IN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AREA. ALL THREE BLADES OF THE RIGHT PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. THE BLUE LIGHT ON THE TAXIWAYS WERE OPERATONAL. THE AIRCRAFT TAXI LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING (INOPERATIVE) AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT.