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) Pilot was taxiing his aircraft to the departure runway when he inadvertently taxied off the end of the taxiway into the dirt. There, the nose gear collapsed and the prop struck the ground causing the incident. The aircraft moved approximately 21 feet into the dirt before the gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded on the nose gear for another 40 feet coming to rest with the nose cowling in the dirt, approximately 61 feet from the edge of the taxiway.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY TAXIED OFF THE END OF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE DIRT. THERE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT MOVED APPROXIMATELY 21 FEET INTO THE DIRT BEFORE THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE NOSE GEAR FOR ANOTHER 40 FEET COMING TO REST WITH THE NOSE COWLING IN THE DIRT, APPROXIMATELY 61 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY.
Other reports on N39628 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.