# Incident 20230810018299I: Beech 58, Fort Pierce, FL, August 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2023, 15:35 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230810018299I

## Narrative

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

THE ACFT DEPARTED TAXIWAY CHARLIE AT DELTA WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE ON RWY 14. THE ACFT STRUCK 2 TWY LIGHTS AND DAMAGED BOTH PROPS.

THE PIC RPTD HE HAD INADVERTENTLY LET THE RT MLG TIRE GET OFF THE RT EDGE OF THE TWY ONTO SOFT RAIN-SOAKED GRASS WHICH CAUSED THE ACFT TO VEER COMPLETELY OFF THE TAXIWAY. THE ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH TAXIWAY LIGHTS AS THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE ACFT BACK ONTO THE RWY. THE PIC NOTED THAT RAINWATER WAS PUDDLED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHERE THE EDGE WAS LOCATED.

PHOTOS OF THE SCENE TAKEN BY ARPT PERSONNEL SHORTLY AFTER THE MISHAP REVEALED SOME SMALL RAIN PUDDLES REMAINING ON THE TAXIWAY IN SPOTS BUT NONE WERE OBSCURING THE TAXIWAY EDGE. THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE WAS CLEARLY MARKED AND VISIBLE.

AN FAA ARPT DISTRICT OFFICE ASI REVIEWED THE SCENE PHOTOS AND TWY CONDITION AND STATED THAT THE TAXIWAY MEETS FAA MARKING STANDARDS. THE WATER 'PONDING' (PUDDLES) ON THE TAXIWAY AT THE TIME WAS NOT CONSIDERED EXCESSIVE.

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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