61.5972° N, 149.1147° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 8, 1986 · 17:10 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38237
Reported as
Piper J5A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
610 total200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During taxi after landing on a glacier, the wind picked up a wing and aircraft tipped inverted.
As the FAA filed it
DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING ON A GLACIER, THE WIND PICKED UP A WING AND AIRCRAFT TIPPED INVERTED.