19870121006169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stbros SC73 · Emmonak, AK · January 21, 1987

Date
January 21, 1987 · 08:00 local
Place
Emmonak, AK
Airport
Emmonak
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LIJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40GA
Reported as
Stbros SC73
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,170 total1,000 in this make and model160 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.

The nosewheel sank into crusty snow and was damaged when the pilot attempted to free it with engine thrust.

As the FAA filed it

THE NOSEWHEEL SANK INTO CRUSTY SNOW AND WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FREE IT WITH ENGINE THRUST.