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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46-500TP · Cincinnati, OH · November 3, 2010

Date
November 3, 2010 · 09:37 local
Place
Cincinnati, OH
Airport
Cincinnati Lunken Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53PK
Reported as
Piper PA46-500TP
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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.

During aircraft taxi from facility ramp to 21R-apch, nose wheel dipped into a depression (drain grate) in ramp area. Aircraft nose dropped down striking propeler onto the ramp surface.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AIRCRAFT TAXI FROM FACILITY RAMP TO 21R-APCH, NOSE WHEEL DIPPED INTO A DEPRESSION (DRAIN GRATE) IN RAMP AREA. AIRCRAFT NOSE DROPPED DOWN STRIKING PROPELER ONTO THE RAMP SURFACE.