# Incident 20061003020579I: Piper PA34220T, Latrobe, PA, October 3, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2006, 19:36 local time
- Place: Latrobe, PA
- Airport: Westmoreland County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3124° N, 79.3826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Latrobe, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3124&lon=-79.3826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N786MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 750 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003020579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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