20141023020319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Chattanooga, TN · October 23, 2014

Date
October 23, 2014 · 20:33 local
Place
Chattanooga, TN
Airport
Lovell Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6861M
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total200 in this make and model13 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.

At approximately 2030 eastern standard time the pilot began to taxi at night from the apron at wilson air (cha) to conduct an engine run up prior to a planned flight from cha to pib. The non movement area was not well lit and no edge markings were visible. There were cones and construction in progress in the congested area. The pilot taxied off the apron into grass at the intersection of a service road and the ramp. The aircraft nose wheel hit a hole at the edge of the hard surface and grass subsequently allowing the propeller to contact the asphalt resulting in damage to the propeller tips and nose wheel pants.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 EASTERN STANDARD TIME THE PILOT BEGAN TO TAXI AT NIGHT FROM THE APRON AT WILSON AIR (CHA) TO CONDUCT AN ENGINE RUN UP PRIOR TO A PLANNED FLIGHT FROM CHA TO PIB. THE NON MOVEMENT AREA WAS NOT WELL LIT AND NO EDGE MARKINGS WERE VISIBLE. THERE WERE CONES AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS IN THE CONGESTED AREA. THE PILOT TAXIED OFF THE APRON INTO GRASS AT THE INTERSECTION OF A SERVICE ROAD AND THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL HIT A HOLE AT THE EDGE OF THE HARD SURFACE AND GRASS SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE ASPHALT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS AND NOSE WHEEL PANTS.