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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Belmar/Farmingd, NJ · October 16, 2003

Date
October 16, 2003 · 19:30 local
Place
Belmar/Farmingd, NJ
Airport
Allaire Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N55443
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total100 in this make and model60 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 PIC of PA-34-200, N55443, after landing on runway 32 at blm airport, and back tracking on the landing runway, taxied the aircraft off the runway and onto the soft surface and the aircraft became stuck. The PIC attempted to taxi out of the soft surface, but realizing he was unable to do do, he shut down and was towed to the hard surface.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC OF PA-34-200, N55443, AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT BLM AIRPORT, AND BACK TRACKING ON THE LANDING RUNWAY, TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE SOFT SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO TAXI OUT OF THE SOFT SURFACE, BUT REALIZING HE WAS UNABLE TO DO DO, HE SHUT DOWN AND WAS TOWED TO THE HARD SURFACE.