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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 1081 · Middletown, DE · July 31, 1993

Date: July 31, 1993 · 10:30 local
Place: Middletown, DE
Airport: Summit Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8072K
Reported as: Univar 1081
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,500 total90 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N8072KRegistered now · Stinson 108-2S/N 108-3072 · Built 1947 Airframe modelStinson 108-2 Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 seriesReciprocating

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.

Heavy gust hit aircraft taxiing on narrow taxiway. Veered into nearby ditch.

As the FAA filed it

HEAVY GUST HIT AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON NARROW TAXIWAY. VEERED INTO NEARBY DITCH.