# Incident 20220813014509I: Piper PA 46-350P, Martinsburg, WV, August 13, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2022, 21:45 local time
- Place: Martinsburg, WV
- Airport: Eastern Wv Regional Airport/Sh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4024° N, 77.9830° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERN WV RGNL/SHEPHERD FLD (MRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4024&lon=-77.9830&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 246 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220813014509I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM KLNS TO KMRB IN ORDER TO PRACTICE THE RNAV 26 APPROACH.

AFTER LANDING AT 21:13 (EDT, ACCORDING TO THE FOREFLIGHT TRACK LOG), THE PILOT TAXIED HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY 26 TO TAXIWAY B, CROSSING TAXIWAY E AND ONTO THE APRON OUTSIDE MRB AVIATION, THE LOCAL FBO.

BOTH THE FBO WAS CLOSED, AND THE KMRB TOWER, THE PILOT PARKED ON THE APRON WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE.

PRIOR TO TAXIING, THE PILOT RE-LIT THE RUNWAY AND TAXI LIGHTS USING THE CTAF FREQUENCY. COMPLETED HIS NORMAL TAXI CHECKLIST TO TURN ON THE TAXI LIGHTS, CHECK FOR OBSTACLES, RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE, AND THEN PROCEED WITH 1000 RPMS.  AFTER HE PROCEEDED TO TAXI, THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE BOTH STOPPED, AS DID THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT RAN THE AIRPLANE INTO A DITCH AND GROUND THE PROPELLER CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.

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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