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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-4-210C · Great Falls, MT · March 14, 1987

Date
March 14, 1987 · 09:36 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9839M
Reported as
Maule M4210C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total10 in this make and model15 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.

Aircraft tipped up on wing and nose as it taxied behind a large aircraft. Gusting winds also a factor.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON WING AND NOSE AS IT TAXIED BEHIND A LARGE AIRCRAFT. GUSTING WINDS ALSO A FACTOR.