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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Panama City, FL · February 13, 2019

Date
February 13, 2019 · 10:55 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Airport
Northwest Florida Beaches International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N421WT
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSI0-520-F-K
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total77 in this make and model60 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.

During taxi the pilot attempted to turn right into the FBO ramp but lost steering, aircraft made an immediate hard left turn into the grass causing the nose gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT INTO THE FBO RAMP BUT LOST STEERING, AIRCRAFT MADE AN IMMEDIATE HARD LEFT TURN INTO THE GRASS CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.