# Incident 20000821027559I: Beech A23, Powderly, TX, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Powderly, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8090° N, 95.4990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Powderly, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8090&lon=-95.4990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3540R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3540R-2002-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821027559I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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