# Incident 20031030029609I: Cessna 550, Huntington, IN, October 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Huntington, IN
- Airport: Huntington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8529° N, 85.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTINGTON MUNI (HHG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8529&lon=-85.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14RZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,500 total, 52 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031030029609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N14RZ WAS BEING TAXIED BY MR. COVAULT TO HUNTINGTON, INDIANA'S RUNWAY FOR AN IFR DEPARTURE. UPON REACHING THE END OF THE TAXIWAY, MR. COVAULT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT SUFFICIENTLY TO MAKE THE TURN TO THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY DURING THE TURN INTO SOFT SOIL AND THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT'S BRAKES HAD FAILED. SKID MARKS ATTRIBUTED TO N14RZ WERE EVIDENT ON THE TAXIWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FT PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEAVING THE TAXIWAY.

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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