# Incident 19880903058019I: Piper PA22160, Butte, MT, September 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1988, 09:50 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9548° N, 112.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9548&lon=-112.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9503D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9503D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 135 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880903058019I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY TAIL WHEEL TIRE WENT FLAT. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. DAMAGE TO TAILWHEEL STERNPOST.

## Other reports on N9503D (1)

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

- [Incident 19920209016359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920209016359I), Feb 9, 1992: Piper PA22160 (N9503D), Chugiak, AK, Minor damage. Engine lost power on approach to airport. Forced landing in a small clearing.

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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