# Incident 20170301003079I: Cessna 421B, Kenosha, WI, March 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2017, 19:35 local time
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Airport: Kenosha Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GTSA
- Location: 42.5961° N, 87.9273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENOSHA RGNL (ENW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5961&lon=-87.9273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5996M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5996M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,832 total, 470 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170301003079I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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