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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Creus Ruben VELOCITY SE-FG · White Plains, NY · August 17, 2011

Date
August 17, 2011 · 03:06 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21VA
Reported as
Creus Ruben Velocity SE-FG
Reported engine
Superior IO-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,205 total200 in this make and model35 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.

While taxing for takeoff, the windscreen became obscured by dew and/or mist. Pilot continued the taxi with obscured vision and the aircraft departed the taxiway and into the grass where the aft mounted propeller struck a taxi light causing damage to the propeller tips.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXING FOR TAKEOFF, THE WINDSCREEN BECAME OBSCURED BY DEW AND/OR MIST. PILOT CONTINUED THE TAXI WITH OBSCURED VISION AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY AND INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE AFT MOUNTED PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS.