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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Rchmond/Ashland, VA · January 30, 2002

Date: January 30, 2002 · 18:58 local
Place: Rchmond/Ashland, VA
Airport: Hanover County Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FFKA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4358X
Reported as: Piper PA34200T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,750 total200 in this make and model220 in the last 90 days

N4358XRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7670027 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Captain james shaw, pilot in command (PIC) of N4358X, taxied on the parallel taxiway for departure on runway 16 at Hanover airport, Virginia (ofp). Captain shaw taxied from the taxiway onto the approach end of runway 16, maintaining his nosewheel close to the right side of the yellow taxi line. As he entered onto the runway, the right main, then the nosewheel went off the runway into the mud, which resulted in the right propeller impacting the mud. The pilot attempted to take off from the approach end of runway 16, which had previously been closed due to construction. The new yellow center taxi line was painted in a manner that it cut the corner from the taxiway to the runway and ended on the right edge of the runway instead of the center.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CAPTAIN JAMES SHAW, PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N4358X, TAXIED ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 16 AT HANOVER AIRPORT, VIRGINIA (OFP). CAPTAIN SHAW TAXIED FROM THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 16, MAINTAINING HIS NOSEWHEEL CLOSE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE YELLOW TAXI LINE. AS HE ENTERED ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN, THEN THE NOSEWHEEL WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE MUD, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT PROPELLER IMPACTING THE MUD. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 16, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. THE NEW YELLOW CENTER TAXI LINE WAS PAINTED IN A MANNER THAT IT CUT THE CORNER FROM THE TAXIWAY TO THE RUNWAY AND ENDED ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY INSTEAD OF THE CENTER.