# Incident 19870511022669I: Tcraft F19, Big Delta, AK, May 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1987, 11:00 local time
- Place: Big Delta, AK
- Airport: Andrets
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.1525° N, 145.8422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Delta, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.1525&lon=-145.8422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3787T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3787T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft F19 (registry code 8850904, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT F19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870511022669I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING THE PROPELLER STRUCK A TUSSOCK THAT COULD NOT BE SEEN FROM THE COCKPIT.

## Other reports on N3787T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850412016699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850412016699I), Apr 12, 1985: Tcraft F19 (N3787T), Fort Yukon, AK, Minor damage. Chocked skis with snowshoes and hand popped airplane. Engine started and aircraft struck a parked aircraft.

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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