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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Port Townsend, WA · August 17, 2020

Date
August 17, 2020 · 13:06 local
Place
Port Townsend, WA
Airport
Jefferson County International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N738EP
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 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.

Aircraft departed taxiway prior to intended right turn. Aircraft came to rest in drainage ditch.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TAXIWAY PRIOR TO INTENDED RIGHT TURN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN DRAINAGE DITCH.