# Incident 20020811019619I: Piper PA46310P, Ocean Isle Beac, NC, August 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2002, 03:00 local time
- Place: Ocean Isle Beac, NC
- Airport: Ocean Isle Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9022° N, 78.4367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocean Isle Beach, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9022&lon=-78.4367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4360U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020811019619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OCEAN ISLE BEACH POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORT OF AIRCRAFT BEING TAXIED INTO DITCH AT LOCAL AIRPORT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 8/11/02. FIELD SOBRIETY TEST INDICATED BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.10. TRANSPORTED FOR INTOXILYZER 5000 TESTING, FOUR HOURS AFTER INCIDENT, LEVEL INDICATED 0.07. FSDO SENT INSPECTORS TO SCENE. DETERMINED TO BE INCIDENT, NOT ACCIDENT, BASED ON AMOUNT OF AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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