# Incident 20060124009019I: Cessna 421C, Springfield, IL, January 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2006, 10:35 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316WC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N316WC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060124009019I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20070921825419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070921825419I), Sep 21, 2007: Cessna 421C (N316WC), Carbondale, IL, No damage. (-23) Aircraft was climbing to altitude when right engine lost power. Aircraft returned to airport and landed without incident at Carbondale, IL. This incident…

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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