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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Denton, TX · November 23, 2021

Date: November 23, 2021 · 12:55 local
Place: Denton, TX
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N956PA
Reported as: Beech D55
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total17 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N956PARegistered now · Beech D55S/N TE-703 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBeech D55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 23, 2021, at approximately 1255 central daylight time, a Beech D55, N956PA, made contact with an airport taxiway light. The privacy data omittedoperator was taxing the aircraft for the first time since purchasing the aircraft coming out of a seven month major overhaul. He stated he depressed the brakes and it pulled hard to the one side. Pulling the aircraft into the grass and breaking the airport light. The pilot quickly regained control and got the aircraft back on the taxiway. There was no visual or mechanical damage to the aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 23, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1255 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH D55, N956PA, MADE CONTACT WITH AN AIRPORT TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR WAS TAXING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PURCHASING THE AIRCRAFT COMING OUT OF A SEVEN MONTH MAJOR OVERHAUL. HE STATED HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND IT PULLED HARD TO THE ONE SIDE. PULLING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS AND BREAKING THE AIRPORT LIGHT. THE PILOT QUICKLY REGAINED CONTROL AND GOT THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE TAXIWAY. THERE WAS NO VISUAL OR MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.