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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · Sugar Land, TX · April 28, 2014

Date: April 28, 2014 · 15:30 local
Place: Sugar Land, TX
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3037T
Reported as: Cessna 162
Reported engine: Continental O-200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 128 total128 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N3037TRegistered now · Cessna 162S/N 16200116 · Built 2011 Airframe modelCessna 162 Engine modelContinental O-200-D4 cycle

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.

The pilot was taxiing out, in light winds. The pilot reported that the plane veered to the left and he tried to correct with the brake. The plane went off the taxiway, which spun the plane around and causing the nosewheel to hit the edge of the taxiway, causing the nose gear to fail and prop strike

While the plane was being towed back to the hangar, the brakes were tested and no problem were found.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS TAXIING OUT, IN LIGHT WINDS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND HE TRIED TO CORRECT WITH THE BRAKE. THE PLANE WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY, WHICH SPUN THE PLANE AROUND AND CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL TO HIT THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FAIL AND PROP STRIKE

WHILE THE PLANE WAS BEING TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR, THE BRAKES WERE TESTED AND NO PROBLEM WERE FOUND.