20011125034789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Rapid City, SD · November 25, 2001

Date
November 25, 2001 · 19:30 local
Place
Rapid City, SD
Airport
Rapid City Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
G27S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N657CA
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,703 total133 in this make and model170 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) The student, under an air force navigator training program, was taxiing the airplane and lost control on an icy taxiway. The instructor was unable to keep the airplane from hitting an informational sign. The airplane had minor damage to the propeller, cowling, and wheel pants. Neither occupant was injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT, UNDER AN AIR FORCE NAVIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM, WAS TAXIING THE AIRPLANE AND LOST CONTROL ON AN ICY TAXIWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE FROM HITTING AN INFORMATIONAL SIGN. THE AIRPLANE HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWLING, AND WHEEL PANTS. NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED.