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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech A23 · Powderly, TX · August 21, 2000

Date: August 21, 2000 · 17:30 local
Place: Powderly, TX
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3540R
Reported as: Beech A23
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 239 total2 in the last 90 days

N3540RRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2002 · Beech A23S/N M-708 · Built 1965 Airframe modelBeech A23 Engine modelContinental IO-346 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.

(-23)The pilot, who owned the aircraft and had not flown it, had been taxing it for familiarization purposes. He was also not familiar with the privately owned airstrip (unlisted). After a high speed taxi run the pilot found himself on the down hill slope toward the end of the sod runway. Braking was not very effective, and in an attempt to turn the aircraft, it slid sideways, collapsing the landing gear, before striking a brush pile.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT, WHO OWNED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD NOT FLOWN IT, HAD BEEN TAXING IT FOR FAMILIARIZATION PURPOSES. HE WAS ALSO NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PRIVATELY OWNED AIRSTRIP (UNLISTED). AFTER A HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN THE PILOT FOUND HIMSELF ON THE DOWN HILL SLOPE TOWARD THE END OF THE SOD RUNWAY. BRAKING WAS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT, IT SLID SIDEWAYS, COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR, BEFORE STRIKING A BRUSH PILE.