# Incident 19880805059189I: Lkheed 382G, Kotzebue, AK, August 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1988, 16:45 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MRKA
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107AK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 382G
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880805059189I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING TO DEPART,PROP BLAST CAUSED AIRCRAFT TIED DOWN NEXT TO RUNWAY TO BECOME SLIGHTLY AIRBORNE AND HIT BY GRAVEL

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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