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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Kenosha, WI · March 1, 2017

Date
March 1, 2017 · 19:35 local
Place
Kenosha, WI
Airport
Kenosha Regional
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GTSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5996M
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
23,832 total470 in this make and model47 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.

After landing in Kenosha, pilot parked, refueled, loaded medical passenger and began to taxi for departure. Pilot was attempting to exit the ramp at the taxiway and proceeded around a parked aircraft and onto the grass. The pilot stated that he realized he was off the ramp and tried to turn back but the right main landing gear dropped into a ditch and the right propeller struck the ground. Ramp was unlit (night time) and pavement was wet. The pilot stated that he had trouble discerning the ramp from the grass due to snow on the grass and mist in the air. Aircraft taxi and landing lights were operational.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING IN KENOSHA, PILOT PARKED, REFUELED, LOADED MEDICAL PASSENGER AND BEGAN TO TAXI FOR DEPARTURE. PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE RAMP AT THE TAXIWAY AND PROCEEDED AROUND A PARKED AIRCRAFT AND ONTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED HE WAS OFF THE RAMP AND TRIED TO TURN BACK BUT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DROPPED INTO A DITCH AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. RAMP WAS UNLIT (NIGHT TIME) AND PAVEMENT WAS WET. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD TROUBLE DISCERNING THE RAMP FROM THE GRASS DUE TO SNOW ON THE GRASS AND MIST IN THE AIR. AIRCRAFT TAXI AND LANDING LIGHTS WERE OPERATIONAL.