# Incident 20230514006159I: Piper PA-23-250, New Castle, DE, May 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2023, 20:10 local time
- Place: New Castle, DE
- Airport: Wilmington/New Castle Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6700° N, 75.5665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Castle, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6700&lon=-75.5665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62AD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62AD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,518 total, 2,201 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230514006159I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/14/2023 AT 2010 EST, AIRMAN REQUESTED AND WAS CLEARED FOR A HIGH-SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 32 AT WILMINGTON/NEW CASTLE AIRPORT (ILG). THE REASON FOR THE HIGH-SPEED TAXI WAS TO TRY AND IDENTIFY AN OIL LEAK ON ONE OF THE ENGINES.

DURING THE HIGH-SPEED TAXI THE AIRCRAFT'S SPEED HAD INCREASED TOO MUCH AND INADVERTENTLY LIFTED OFF THE GROUND. AIRMAN REDUCED POWER AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE GROUND NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 32. THIS IS WHERE RUNWAY 32 & RUNWAY 9/27 INTERSECT.

AIRMAN INDICATED HE APPLIED BRAKES, AND SKID MARKS WERE OBSERVED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED THROUGH THE GRASS, OVER TAXIWAY KILO, AND BACK INTO THE GRASS.

UPON INSPECTION, DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER, AND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N62AD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090711011179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090711011179I), Jul 11, 2009: Piper PA23250 (N62AD), Wilmington, DE, Minor damage. (-23) Nose landing gear collapsed after landing during rollout. [privacy data omitted]Pilot is a member of the us coast guard auxiliary and was completing a…

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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