# Accident 20070319832259A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Rhinelander, WI, March 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2007, 12:45 local time
- Place: Rhinelander, WI
- Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6311° N, 89.4672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6311&lon=-89.4672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070319832259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO RAMP ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.  PILOT STATED RIGHT BRAKE WAS WEAK.  PILOT STATED GUST OF WIND CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND THEN HIT SIGN.  TAXIED BACK ONTO TAXIWAY AND THEN TO FBO RAMP.  NOTICED DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING.  AFTER EXAMINING DAMAGE AND SPEAKING WITH A CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, PILOT ELECTED TO FLY AIRCRAT TO EAGLE RIVER AIRPORT WITHOUT TAKING ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION TO AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI07LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA092), Mar 19, 2007: Socata TB-20 Trinidad (N900Y), Rhinelander, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during taxi. A contributing factor was the gusting winds and sign.

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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