20081004846639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Fort Worth, TX · October 4, 2008

Date
October 4, 2008 · 16:30 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Kenneth Copeland
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2402G
Reported as
Piper PA38112
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
347 total4 in this make and model4 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) Pilot taxied at an unsafe speed resulting in the inability to turn effectively. The aircraft was taxied south off the airport apron across the nw/se runway, then across approximately 20 feet of grass before passing through a barbed wire fence and then turning right in a farmers field. After turning right into the field, the aircraft taxied approximately 50 yards before coming to a complete stop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT TAXIED AT AN UNSAFE SPEED RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO TURN EFFECTIVELY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED SOUTH OFF THE AIRPORT APRON ACROSS THE NW/SE RUNWAY, THEN ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OF GRASS BEFORE PASSING THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND THEN TURNING RIGHT IN A FARMERS FIELD. AFTER TURNING RIGHT INTO THE FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.

Other reports on N2402G · 1

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