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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185E · Kenai, AK · September 4, 1988

Date
September 4, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place
Kenai, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EOXC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4552F
Reported as
Cessna A185E
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total1,400 in this make and model180 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.

Quarter tail wind caused pilot to lose control while taxiing for takeoff. Aircraft nosed up. Prop struck ground.

As the FAA filed it

QUARTER TAIL WIND CAUSED PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT NOSED UP. PROP STRUCK GROUND.

Other reports on N4552F · 1

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