# Incident 20190313001259I: Piper PA-42-720, Dodge City, KS, March 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2019, 06:30 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CXUA
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42-720 (registry code 7104212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42-720) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-42-720
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 550 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190313001259I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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