# Accident 20240712009419A: Cessna 421B, Columbia, MS, July 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2024, 12:47 local time
- Place: Columbia, MS
- Airport: Columbia-Marion County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2978° N, 89.8115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA/MARION COUNTY (0R0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2978&lon=-89.8115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 4 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240712009419A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAXI AND DEPARTED THE TAXI WAY RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5PJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20050101002889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050101002889I), Jan 1, 2005: Cessna 421B (N5PJ), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was distracted (sneezed) while taxiing aircraft and made turn to centerline late and hit marking cone.

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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