20170528013129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Lynchburg, VA · May 28, 2017

Date
May 28, 2017 · 14:08 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn F
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N421CJ
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,002 total120 in this make and model19 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.

Pilot taxied right off of taxiway, struck taxi light, then came to a stop in the grass. Pilot tried to get aircraft back onto the taxiway and caused landing gear damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED RIGHT OFF OF TAXIWAY, STRUCK TAXI LIGHT, THEN CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. PILOT TRIED TO GET AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND CAUSED LANDING GEAR DAMAGE.