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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · American Champion 8KCAB · Great Falls, MT · August 8, 2019

Date
August 8, 2019 · 19:13 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N38WH
Reported as
American Champion 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total

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.

Pilot landed at new location and was given taxiway instructions. Asked for a progressive from ATC and when he was given directions he tried to write them down while taxiing. Aircraft veered off runway and hit taxiway light. No damage to aircraft, broken taxiway light.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT NEW LOCATION AND WAS GIVEN TAXIWAY INSTRUCTIONS. ASKED FOR A PROGRESSIVE FROM ATC AND WHEN HE WAS GIVEN DIRECTIONS HE TRIED TO WRITE THEM DOWN WHILE TAXIING. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND HIT TAXIWAY LIGHT. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, BROKEN TAXIWAY LIGHT.