# Incident 20141212022329I: Piper PA-23-250, Blountville, TN, December 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2014, 19:28 local time
- Place: Blountville, TN
- Airport: Tri-Cities Regional Tn/Va
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4752° N, 82.4074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4752&lon=-82.4074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6418Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6418Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141212022329I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROX 1930 (L) PILOT LANDED ON RWY 23 AT NIGHT AND WAS CONDUCTING A PROGRESSIVE TAXI, UNDER DIRECTIONS FROM THE TOWER, TO THE GREGORY HANGAR LOCATED OFF TAXIWAY ?R1?.  WHILE PROCEEDING DOWN TAXIWAY ?R? PILOT RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS STATING THE GREGORY HANGER WAS ON HIS RIGHT, PROCEED DOWN TAXIWAY ?R? AND TURN RIGHT ONTO TAXIWAY ?R1?.  AFTER RECEIVING THOSE INSTRUCTIONS PILOT TURNED RIGHT OFF TAXIWAY ?R? APPROX. 130 FEET SHORT OF TAXIWAY ?R1? AND DROVE INTO A GRASSY DITCH, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE PROPELLER.

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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