20060124009019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Springfield, IL · January 24, 2006

Date
January 24, 2006 · 10:35 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
N316WC
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total300 in this make and model75 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) While taxiing out for a routine part 91 flight, the appropriately certificated and rated pilot in command and a second pilot trainee in the right seat indicated they lost brake action, and was unable to stop the aircraft. The aircraft exited the left side of the taxiway and became mired in the soft ground. The left propeller struck a taxiway marker light in the process. The aircraft came to rest with the left main landing gear and the nose gear off the taxiway. The flight crew, and one passenger exited the aircraft without injury. The aircraft suffered damage to the left propeller and one taxiway light was destroyed. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR A ROUTINE PART 91 FLIGHT, THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED AND RATED PILOT IN COMMAND AND A SECOND PILOT TRAINEE IN THE RIGHT SEAT INDICATED THEY LOST BRAKE ACTION, AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY AND BECAME MIRED IN THE SOFT GROUND. THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY MARKER LIGHT IN THE PROCESS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE TAXIWAY. THE FLIGHT CREW, AND ONE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER AND ONE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS DESTROYED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

Other reports on N316WC · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.