- Date
- July 3, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cornelia, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8821MBeech 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830703043659A
- Case key
- 6160
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a grass-covered curbing at the edge of a taxiway as the pilot attempted to clear the rwy. At thisarpt the rwy is also used as a taxiway. While using the rwy to taxi for takeoff a radio call was heard reporting a landing acft so the taxiing acft accelerated to clear the area and collided with the curb. The right landing gear was damaged in jumping the curb.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8821M
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-580
- Airframe hours
- 3,327
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Kennedy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1983 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- 5QA · Habersham, runway 24, 4,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8821M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.