# Incident 20080926854029I: Cessna 170A, Evansville, IN, September 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2008, 15:03 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9531A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9531A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,284 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926854029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF HIS PRIVATELY-OWNED AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED REPEATED (3) TAXI OPERATION AT TAXI SPEEDS GREATER THAN TAXI AND LESS THEN SPEED REQUIRED FOR FLIGHT FOR PURPOSE OF "EXCERCISING" AIRCRAFT.  PILOT STATED HE HAD NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT FROM HIS PRIVATE-USE GRASS STRIP.  RUNWAY CONDITIONS INCLUDED TALL GRASS AND UNEVEN SURFACES SURROUNDED BY BEAN FIELDS.  WINDS REPORTED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 KTS.  DURING SOUTHBOUND TAXI OPERATION, PILOT UNBLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE REACHING SOUTH END OF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS TO THE SOUTHWEST STOPPING IN A DITCH ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 20 FT DEEP. [REFER LANDING AREA LAYOUT IN FILE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^]

## Other reports on N9531A (2)

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

- [Incident 20230723012599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230723012599I), Jul 23, 2023: Cessna 170A (N9531A), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. On July 23, 2023 at 1300 CST, a Cessna 170A [privacy data omitted] was landing at Oshkosh (osh) WI during the eaa airventure fly-in. Upon rollout after landing…
- [Incident 19860119024829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119024829I), Jan 19, 1986: Cessna 170A (N9531A), Dayton, OH. Encountered IFR conditions. Vectored to airport. Not weather briefed before this flight.

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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