# Incident 20230116000869I: Cessna 340A, Frankfort, IN, January 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2023, 11:15 local time
- Place: Frankfort, IN
- Airport: Frankfort Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707BW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,957 total, 693 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230116000869I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF WITH A NON-CERTIFICATED PASSENGER IN THE CO-PILOTS SEAT. AS HE WAS TAXIING, THE PASSENGER WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY FASTENING HIS SEAT BELT, THE PIC REACHED OVER TO ASSIST HIM WITH HIS SEAT BELT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN MOTION. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE RIGHT HAND PROPELLER TO STRIKE A TAXI WAY LIGHT ON THE TAXI WAY EDGE WHICH DAMAGED THE RIGHT HAND PROPELLER AND THE TAXI LIGHT.

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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