# Incident 19780418013209I: Tcraft 19, Machias, ME, April 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1978, 09:50 local time
- Place: Machias, ME
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7006° N, 67.4786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Machias, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7006&lon=-67.4786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2182W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT 19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780418013209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GLIDER STUDENT WAS PERFORMING HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN WHEN GYRO TOOK OFF. HIT GROUND AND TURNED OVER. DESTROYED GYRO.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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