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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 425 · Cahokia/St Lou, IL · February 12, 2008

Date
February 12, 2008 · 19:18 local
Place
Cahokia/St Lou, IL
Airport
St Louis Downtown
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
F22A
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N67726
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI08CA081
Reported as
Cessna 425
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,680 total455 in this make and model120 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) Aircraft was turning from taxiway b to B6 when aircraft slid off ice covered taxiway while making turn. Right propeller hit taxi sign causing damage to propeller, engine inlet, fuselage, landing gear door, and left engine lower nacelle. Pieces of the sign that were thrown into the fuselage caused punctures to the pressure vessel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING FROM TAXIWAY B TO B6 WHEN AIRCRAFT SLID OFF ICE COVERED TAXIWAY WHILE MAKING TURN. RIGHT PROPELLER HIT TAXI SIGN CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, ENGINE INLET, FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR DOOR, AND LEFT ENGINE LOWER NACELLE. PIECES OF THE SIGN THAT WERE THROWN INTO THE FUSELAGE CAUSED PUNCTURES TO THE PRESSURE VESSEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.