# Incident 20170528013129I: Cessna 421C, Lynchburg, VA, May 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2017, 14:08 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421CJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,002 total, 120 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170528013129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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