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CE560 captain reported while taxiing at poorly lit airport; right main landing gear vacated taxiway causing aircraft to become lodged in wet sod. Passengers deplaned and aircraft secured for further assessment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1620536 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Excursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
Taxiing to runway; at night in a poorly lit GA [general aviation] airport after days of rain; I looked away from centerline for a second. Looking back to centerline; I noticed I was right and began correcting when the right main vacated the taxiway and pulled the airplane more to the right and lodged itself; right main and nose gear in the very soggy sod. I shut down the engines; secured the aircraft; and went outside to access that the aircraft is stuck and unable to free itself; being lodged in the saturated sod. We unloaded the passengers and luggage and secured the airplane for further assessment. Poorly lit airport and no centerline taxiway lighting coupled with wet windshield resulting in very limited visibility. Keep both pilots eyes up in and out at all times to monitor with caution.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CE560 Captain reported while taxiing at poorly lit airport; right main landing gear vacated taxiway causing aircraft to become lodged in wet sod. Passengers deplaned and aircraft secured for further assessment.
Narrative: Taxiing to runway; at night in a poorly lit GA [General Aviation] airport after days of rain; I looked away from centerline for a second. Looking back to centerline; I noticed I was right and began correcting when the right main vacated the taxiway and pulled the airplane more to the right and lodged itself; right main and nose gear in the very soggy sod. I shut down the engines; secured the aircraft; and went outside to access that the aircraft is stuck and unable to free itself; being lodged in the saturated sod. We unloaded the passengers and luggage and secured the airplane for further assessment. Poorly lit airport and no centerline taxiway lighting coupled with wet windshield resulting in very limited visibility. Keep both pilots eyes up in and out at all times to monitor with caution.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.