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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Gulkana, AK · May 17, 1992

Date
May 17, 1992 · 13:25 local
Place
Gulkana, AK
Airport
Gulkana
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1JK
Reported as
Bbavia 8KCAB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total500 in this make and model3 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.

Performing airshow bow by applying brakes and lifting tail. Gust caused tail to rise and propeller struck runway.

As the FAA filed it

PERFORMING AIRSHOW BOW BY APPLYING BRAKES AND LIFTING TAIL. GUST CAUSED TAIL TO RISE AND PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY.