# Incident 19940105001039I: Piper PA12, Abilene, TX, January 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1994, 09:15 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3218M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3218M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 20 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940105001039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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