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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · St Louis, MO · September 26, 2006

Date
September 26, 2006 · 19:55 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3672B
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,250 total

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) The pilot landed the BE-36 on runway 26L. The control tower instructed him to taxi to the executive Beechcraft ramp. The pilot failed to turn onto the taxiway leading to the ramp and taxied straight into the grass ditch. It was after dark and the taxiways were illuminated. The pilot and the passenger escaped injury and the airplane was towed out of the ditch with no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE BE-36 ON RUNWAY 26L. THE CONTROL TOWER INSTRUCTED HIM TO TAXI TO THE EXECUTIVE BEECHCRAFT RAMP. THE PILOT FAILED TO TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY LEADING TO THE RAMP AND TAXIED STRAIGHT INTO THE GRASS DITCH. IT WAS AFTER DARK AND THE TAXIWAYS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER ESCAPED INJURY AND THE AIRPLANE WAS TOWED OUT OF THE DITCH WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N3672B · 1

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