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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · St Petersburg, FL · August 24, 1991

Date
August 24, 1991 · 12:47 local
Place
St Petersburg, FL
Airport
Albert Whitted Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70673
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total1,000 in this make and model100 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.

Pilot stated as he turned onto taxiway a gust lifted tail and propeller struck ground. Wind was gusting at time.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED AS HE TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY A GUST LIFTED TAIL AND PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND. WIND WAS GUSTING AT TIME.

Other reports on N70673 · 3

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