20210816014359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Pittsburg, KS · August 16, 2021

Date
August 16, 2021 · 21:00 local
Place
Pittsburg, KS
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98014
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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 arrived at destination in the evening as light was decreasing, turned off the taxiway into a ditch with the prop striking the ground. When the pilot killed the engine the plane rolled backward to the bottom of the ditch damaging the tail

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ARRIVED AT DESTINATION IN THE EVENING AS LIGHT WAS DECREASING, TURNED OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO A DITCH WITH THE PROP STRIKING THE GROUND. WHEN THE PILOT KILLED THE ENGINE THE PLANE ROLLED BACKWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH DAMAGING THE TAIL