19940105001039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Abilene, TX · January 5, 1994

Date
January 5, 1994 · 09:15 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Abilene Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3218M
Reported as
Piper PA12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total20 in this make and model18 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.

Narrative: the pilot stated he was taxiing out for take off when a gust of wind blew the aircraft on its nose and wing tip. The propeller and wing tip incurred minor damage. The pilot states that he checked the wind sock and ATIS prior to starting taxi, and he had positioned the flight controls properly for the wind direction.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TAXIING OUT FOR TAKE OFF WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE AND WING TIP. THE PROPELLER AND WING TIP INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE CHECKED THE WIND SOCK AND ATIS PRIOR TO STARTING TAXI, AND HE HAD POSITIONED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS PROPERLY FOR THE WIND DIRECTION.