# Incident 20150528008039I: Piper PA-42, Houston, TX, May 28, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2015, 13:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Southwest Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PQGA
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUSTON/SOUTHWEST (AXH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N238PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N238PC-2023-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-42
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 195 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150528008039I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT, A PIPER PA-42, N238PC, REGISTERED TO BLUE WATER SOLUTIONS, INC, TAXIED OFF THE SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AT THE HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT, AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT LOCATED IN HOUSTON, TX.  WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR TAKEOFF, THE PILOT DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY TO ALLOW CLEARANCE FOR A GOLF CART TO PASS.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE GRASS AND IMBEDDED ITSELF INTO THE SOFT GROUND.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, AND PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

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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