20061003020579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Latrobe, PA · October 3, 2006

Date
October 3, 2006 · 19:36 local
Place
Latrobe, PA
Airport
Westmoreland County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N786MS
Reported as
Piper PA34220T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,350 total750 in this make and model55 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) At 1936 local aircraft taxied into a ditch between taxiway and runway. No injuries to the pilot, the sole occupant. Sudden stop to the left engine and damage to one blade of the three blade prop. Pilot filed IFR from lbe to 1D2. ATCT operator privacy data omitted ^ @ klbe stated, "N786MS was taxiing to runway 21, after being issued an IFR clearance. N786MS then broadcast he had gone off the ramp and into a ditch." It was noted by this office during inspection of aircraft and flight deck, that all the IFR low altitude enroute charts, VFR charts, and IFR approach plates expired 08/08/2006. Airman counselec by this office on night taxi operations and situational awareness. Airman additionally counseled on expired navigational charts. Airman very coooperative.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT 1936 LOCAL AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO A DITCH BETWEEN TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT. SUDDEN STOP TO THE LEFT ENGINE AND DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE OF THE THREE BLADE PROP. PILOT FILED IFR FROM LBE TO 1D2. ATCT OPERATOR ^PRIVACY ^ @ KLBE STATED, "N786MS WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 21, AFTER BEING ISSUED AN IFR CLEARANCE. N786MS THEN BROADCAST HE HAD GONE OFF THE RAMP AND INTO A DITCH." IT WAS NOTED BY THIS OFFICE DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT DECK, THAT ALL THE IFR LOW ALTITUDE ENROUTE CHARTS, VFR CHARTS, AND IFR APPROACH PLATES EXPIRED 08/08/2006. AIRMAN COUNSELEC BY THIS OFFICE ON NIGHT TAXI OPERATIONS AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. AIRMAN ADDITIONALLY COUNSELED ON EXPIRED NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS. AIRMAN VERY COOOPERATIVE.