# Incident 19870121006169I: Stbros SC73, Emmonak, AK, January 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1987, 08:00 local time
- Place: Emmonak, AK
- Airport: Emmonak
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LIJA
- Location: 62.7861° N, 164.4907° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EMMONAK (ENM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.7861&lon=-164.4907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40GA-1988-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC73
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,170 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870121006169I

## Narrative

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

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

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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