# Incident 20131005022669I: Piper PA-32-300, Tinian, CM, October 5, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2013, 05:27 local time
- Place: Tinian, CM
- Airport: Tinian International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 1SMA
- Aircraft: N8639N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8639N-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,573 total, 499 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131005022669I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT BEGAN TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE TINIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEST RAMP TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 26 VIA TAXIWAYS CHARLIE AND ALPHA FOR A PLANNED DEPARTURE TO THE ISLAND OF SAIPAN.  UPON REACHING THE TAXIWAY INTERSECTION THE PILOT FAILED TO COMPLETE THE RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY ALPHA SUFFICIENTLY AND EXITED THE NORTH SIDE OF TAXIWAY ALPHA COMING TO A STOP IN A DRAINAGE EMBANKMENT.   THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND UNDERSIDE WERE DAMAGED AFTER STRIKING A RAISED CONCRETE BERM OVER A CONCRETE DRAIN PIPE EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF TAXI CHARLIE.   THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A CORNER OF THE CONCRETE BERM IN THE DRAINAGE EMBANKMENT.

THE AIRPORT TAXIWAY SIGN WAS REPORTED TO BE POORLY ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS MARKING THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF TAXIWAY ALPHA ARE INCONSISTENT BETWEEN TAXIWAYS CHARLEY AND DELTA.

AN ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION REPORT (EIR) AGAINST THE PILOT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES RESULTING IN THIS INCIDENT, HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING DAY THE PILOT WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT.

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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