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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Barter Island, AK · June 26, 1989

Date
June 26, 1989 · 17:00 local
Place
Barter Island, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FXCC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N83404
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total7,000 in this make and model350 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.

While turning to back taxi after landing, wind caught and raised tail. Propeller hit mud damaging tip.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TURNING TO BACK TAXI AFTER LANDING, WIND CAUGHT AND RAISED TAIL. PROPELLER HIT MUD DAMAGING TIP.