# Incident 20090824015289I: Boeing A75N1PT17, Taft, LA, August 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Taft, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9851° N, 90.4524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taft, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9851&lon=-90.4524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49659, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49659) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1PT17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/20090824015289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT WAS PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED TAXI'S ON A GRASS RUNWAY (WITH NO INTENT TO FLY).  ON HIS PASS BACK TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR, AS PER CONVERSATIONS WITH A ST CHARLES DEPUTY, IT WAS REVEALED THAT A COCKPIT CANOPY COVER WAS LAYING LOOSE IN THE FRONT COCKPIT, APPARENTLY THE COVER FLEW OUT AND LANDED ON THE PILOT SITTING IN THE REAR COCKPIT, WHICH IN TURN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL.

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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