# Incident 20060813019489I: Beech 58, St Paul, MN, August 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2006, 07:15 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9346° N, 93.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FLD (STP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9346&lon=-93.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO550C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060813019489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING OUT TO RUNWAY 14 AND OPENED A CAN OF POP TO PUT IN THE HOLDER. THE CAN STARTED TO OVERFLOW AND SPILL SO HE LEANED OVER TO AVOID GETTING IT ON THE SEAT. THE DISTRACTION CAUSED HIM TO TEMPORARILY LEAVE THE TAXIWAY AND THE PROP STRUCK A LIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE PROP BLADE. PILOT RETURNED TO RAMP AND DISCONTINUED HIS PLANNED IFR FLIGHT TO MICHIGAN.

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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