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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-42-720 · Dodge City, KS · March 13, 2019

Date
March 13, 2019 · 06:30 local
Place
Dodge City, KS
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CXUA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N141TC
Reported as
Piper PA-42-720
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total550 in this make and model100 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.

On March 13, 2019 at approximately 0630 local time, an airline transport pilot privacy data omitted was taxing a Piper PA-42 cheyenne iv in Dodge City regional airport in Dodge City, Kansas from the ramp to the runway 14 for departure. The pilot was making a turn away from the ramp towards the taxiway inadvertently got to close to the taxiway edge and dropped the right main landing gear off of the pavement and into the mud. The deep mud and contact with the intersecting pavement caused the landing gear to fail and the gear collapsed causing the propeller to make contact with the pavement. According to the pilot statement the aircraft was traveling at a very low speed and there was no damage to any other property.

Instrument metrological conditions existed with low ceilings and high winds at the time of the incident. Neither, the pilot or any of the six passengers sustained any injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 13, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 0630 LOCAL TIME, AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXING A PIPER PA-42 CHEYENNE IV IN DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN DODGE CITY, KANSAS FROM THE RAMP TO THE RUNWAY 14 FOR DEPARTURE. THE PILOT WAS MAKING A TURN AWAY FROM THE RAMP TOWARDS THE TAXIWAY INADVERTENTLY GOT TO CLOSE TO THE TAXIWAY EDGE AND DROPPED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OFF OF THE PAVEMENT AND INTO THE MUD. THE DEEP MUD AND CONTACT WITH THE INTERSECTING PAVEMENT CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO FAIL AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT STATEMENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT A VERY LOW SPEED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY.

INSTRUMENT METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED WITH LOW CEILINGS AND HIGH WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. NEITHER, THE PILOT OR ANY OF THE SIX PASSENGERS SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES.