19990911033009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TBM 700 · Placid, FL · September 11, 1999

Date
September 11, 1999 · 00:30 local
Place
Placid, FL
Airport
Placid Lakes Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N700CF
Reported as
Socata TBM700
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total250 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) After landing at a private fly-in strip, the pilot was taxiing back and dropped a main wheel off of the pavement. The runway edge was a dirtbank which crumbled under the aircraft weight, causing the propellor to strike the pavement. Damage was limited to prop tips. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE FLY-IN STRIP, THE PILOT WAS TAXIING BACK AND DROPPED A MAIN WHEEL OFF OF THE PAVEMENT. THE RUNWAY EDGE WAS A DIRTBANK WHICH CRUMBLED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT, CAUSING THE PROPELLOR TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO PROP TIPS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.