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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Abbeville, LA · October 19, 2011

Date
October 19, 2011 · 22:30 local
Place
Abbeville, LA
Airport
Abbeville, La
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N642PA
Reported as
Piper PA-28RT-201
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,958 total338 in this make and model28 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 taxiing after flight, pilot attempted to turn around on a grassy surface adjacent to the ramp parking area and did not see a drainage ditch, into which the aircraft became stuck. Nose wheel and propellor damaged as a result.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING AFTER FLIGHT, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND ON A GRASSY SURFACE ADJACENT TO THE RAMP PARKING AREA AND DID NOT SEE A DRAINAGE DITCH, INTO WHICH THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK. NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLOR DAMAGED AS A RESULT.