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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Pensacola, FL · July 22, 2017

Date
July 22, 2017 · 10:40 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N770CS
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,299 total5 in this make and model12 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.

Aircraft landed and taxied off of active runway onto taxiway d. once on the taxiway, the right engine quit. Engine was restarted and the crew continued to taxi, shortly afterwards, the same engine quit again causing the pilot to loose directional control as the aircraft ran off of the taxi way, striking a taxiway light.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED OFF OF ACTIVE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY D. ONCE ON THE TAXIWAY, THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE CREW CONTINUED TO TAXI, SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE SAME ENGINE QUIT AGAIN CAUSING THE PILOT TO LOOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AS THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF OF THE TAXI WAY, STRIKING A TAXIWAY LIGHT.