# Accident 20080212011249A: Cessna 425, Cahokia/St Lou, IL, February 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2008, 19:18 local time
- Place: Cahokia/St Lou, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F22A
- Location: 38.5706° N, 90.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5706&lon=-90.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67726 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,680 total, 455 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080212011249A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI08CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA081), Feb 13, 2008: Cessna 425 (N67726), Cahokia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining clearance from the runway sign during taxi for takeoff. A factor contributing to the accident was an icy taxiway.

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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