Unmarked Ramp Area Leads to Wing Damage During Taxi

Incident Overview During a taxi operation, a pilot was moving an aircraft through an unmarked ramp area toward an adjacent taxiway. The pilot inadvertently taxied into a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing of the aircraft. No specific aircraft type, registration, operator, date, or location was provided in the source material. ## Operator Recommendations In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the operator stated that the accident could have been prevented if the ramp and taxiway edges had been marked with lights or cones. The source does not specify the exact cause beyond the pilot inadvertently entering the ditch while taxiing through the unmarked area.