# Incident 20111019024139I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Abbeville, LA, October 19, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2011, 22:30 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville, La
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9754° N, 92.1272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abbeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9754&lon=-92.1272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N642PA-2019-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,958 total, 338 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111019024139I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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