20021004029639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210K · Springfield, IL · October 4, 2002

Date: October 4, 2002 · 11:45 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N71AA
Reported as: Cessna 210K
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 30,000 total3,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N71AARegistration cancelled Apr 28, 2008 · Cessna 210KS/N 21059359 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 210K Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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

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(-23) The airman was instructed to taxi from the southeast ramp to runway 31 by spi ATCT for a planned IFR flight to Colorado springs co. at the time heavy rain showers were occuring. While turning off taxiway bravo 3 onto taxiway bravo the airman departed the taxiway onto the grass and struck a taxiway light. The aircraft received damage to the propeller and the taxiway light was destroyed. No injuries were reported by the two pilots and one passenger on board. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRMAN WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI FROM THE SOUTHEAST RAMP TO RUNWAY 31 BY SPI ATCT FOR A PLANNED IFR FLIGHT TO COLORADO SPRINGS CO. AT THE TIME HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURING. WHILE TURNING OFF TAXIWAY BRAVO 3 ONTO TAXIWAY BRAVO THE AIRMAN DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE GRASS AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS DESTROYED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE TWO PILOTS AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.