ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286605
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Date: | Thursday 3 September 2009 |
Time: | 19:10 LT |
Type: | Mooney M20K 231 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N75PW |
MSN: | 25-0806 |
Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4180 hours |
Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Charlottesville, Virginia -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) |
Destination airport: | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, VA (CHO/KCHO) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot performed a successful landing during night visual conditions, about 30 minutes after sunset at the destination airport. He taxied off the runway onto a perpendicular taxiway, and was instructed by the ground controller to "taxi to the ramp." The pilot stated that he was "unable to make out any features on the ground," due to the darkness. He observed the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) directly in front of him and proceeded straight ahead, not realizing there was a strip of grass separating the taxiway and the FBO. The airplane exited the taxiway and continued down a grassy slope between the ramp and taxiway. During the excursion from the taxiway, the propeller and the tail of the airplane struck the ground, resulting in substantial damage. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had studied the airport diagram and identified the grassy area.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and lack of familiarity with the airport diagram, which resulted in a runway excursion onto a grassy area.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ERA09CA508 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ERA09CA508
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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