66.8848° N, 162.5981° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 5, 1988 · 16:45 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Airport
Ralph Wien Memorial
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MRKA
Aircraft
N107AK
Reported as
Lkheed 382G
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
188 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.
Taxiing to depart,prop blast caused aircraft tied down next to runway to become slightly airborne and hit by gravel
As the FAA filed it
TAXIING TO DEPART,PROP BLAST CAUSED AIRCRAFT TIED DOWN NEXT TO RUNWAY TO BECOME SLIGHTLY AIRBORNE AND HIT BY GRAVEL