# Incident 20061004027359I: Cessna 414A, Napa, CA, October 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2006, 20:00 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AWQA
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061004027359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A NIGHT FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER THE RULES OF 14 CFR PART 91, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT AT NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT (APC) WITH THE RIGHT PROPELLER OF N414GP A CESSNA 414A, SERIAL 414A0331. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS HEAVY RAIN AND THE VISIBILITY WAS POOR. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER. THIS INVESTIGATION WAS COORDINATED WITH THE OPERATIONS UNIT SUPERVISOR AND ^PRIVACY DATA ^ OF THE NTSB. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS NEEDED.

## Other reports on N414GP (2)

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

- [Incident 20250228012519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228012519I), Feb 28, 2025: Cessna 414A (N414GP), Sulphur, LA, Minor damage. Upon landing rollout at 1000FT nose gear collapsed
- [Incident 20050923026549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923026549I), Sep 23, 2005: Cessna 414A (N414GP), Cloverdale, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Seconds after raising the nose wheel on take off (at 93K), the pilot stated that the aircraft did not seem to be climbing and he performed a…

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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