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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Houma, LA · July 31, 2005

Date
July 31, 2005 · 21:10 local
Place
Houma, LA
Airport
Houma-Terrebonne Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
YBBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N790A
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A21
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,013 total137 in this make and model106 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) On July 31, 2005 at 21:10 hours at Houma, LA airport, pilot of aircraft N790A was taxiing on runway 30, turned too soon onto taxiway "f" and proceeded off the taxiway into the soft soil. The nose gear collapsed and the left propeller struck the pavement and the right propeller struck the soil causing sudden stoppage of both engines.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 31, 2005 AT 21:10 HOURS AT HOUMA, LA AIRPORT, PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N790A WAS TAXIING ON RUNWAY 30, TURNED TOO SOON ONTO TAXIWAY "F" AND PROCEEDED OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE SOFT SOIL. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE SOIL CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF BOTH ENGINES.