# Incident 19970731026299I: Piper PA18150, Schenectady, NY, July 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Schenectady, NY
- Airport: Schenectady County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8527° N, 73.9296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHENECTADY COUNTY (SCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8527&lon=-73.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83575 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,650 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970731026299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AC N83575 WAS TAXIING EAST ON RUNWAY 15 AT SCH. TAXI SPEED 4-5 MPH. A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER FORWARD ONTO ITS TOP. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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