# Incident 20020503011579I: Cessna 340A, Mineral Wells, TX, May 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2002, 17:20 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7816° N, 98.0602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINERAL WELLS RGNL (MWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7816&lon=-98.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888BP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888BP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 340 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020503011579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 3, 2002, AT 1720 CDT, A CESSNA 340A, N888BP, REGISTERED TO VMH CORPORATION, 1300 W. ROSEDALE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS SUFFERED RIGHT PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LONG LANDING AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS BEING TAXIED BACK TO THE RUNWAY WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SUNK IN THE MUD AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER CONTACTED THE MUD ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE WITH MULTI ENGINE RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MEACHAM FIELD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS (FTW) ON MAY 3, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 CDT.

## Other reports on N888BP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060114000039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060114000039I), Jan 14, 2006: Cessna 340A (N888BP), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/14/2006, at 17:00 local time, a Cessna CE-340-A, registration N888BP, owned and registered to vmh corporation, [privacy data omitted], collapsed…

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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