- Date
- March 26, 1991, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7224LBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19910326007669A
- Case key
- 8387
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Probable cause
The hole in the airport taxiway, which was created by the erosion of soil beneath the taxiway, and the failure of the airport to inspect and maintain ditches which run beneath the runways and taxiways.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot stated that during the taxi to takeoff, the aircraft's left landing gear sank into a hole in the taxiway. Investigation revealed that the dirt covering a storm drainage pipe beneath the taxiway had eroded, leaving a void of approximately 6 feet in diameter and 12 feet in depth. The landing gear of the aircraft punctured the asphalt covering the hole and substantially damaged the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7224L
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE1057
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- United Cleaning Specialist
- Registered owner
- United Cleaning Specialist
- Destination
- CUB · Columbia, SC
- Airport
- PDK · Peachtree-Dekalb
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,719 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,536 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PDK, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.