# Incident 20090928049779I: Cessna 421C, Belmar, NJ, September 28, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Belmar, NJ
- Airport: Monmouth Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1868° N, 74.1246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONMOUTH EXEC (BLM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1868&lon=-74.1246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090928049779I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THIS CESSNA 421 AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVING A CFR 135.297 FLIGHT CHECK FROM AN FAA INSPECTOR WHO WAS SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT (CO-PILOT'S) POSITION. THEY HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 AT THE MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AND WAS TAXIING BACK TO THE RUNWAY FOR ANOTHER TAKE-OFF. WHILE ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY, THE OBSERVED A TRACTOR MOWING THE GRASS BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND THE RUNWAY. THIS IS A NON-TOWER AIRPORT AND THER IS NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLES ON THE RAMP OR OTHER AREAS OF THE AIRPORT'S SURFACE. THE PILOTS WERE FOCUSED ON THE TRACTOR IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STAY AS FAR TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS NARROW TAXIWAY AS POSSIBLE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE TAXIWAY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY, THE LEFT PROPELLER SUCKED UP LOOSE GRAVEL CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TWO BLADES ON THE LEFT PROPELLER.

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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