# Incident 19970908029429I: Birchwood, AK, September 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970908029429I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI PRACTICE WITH AN ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE AT BIRCHWOOD, AK AIRPORT. THE PILOT LOCKED THE THROTTLE IN A LOW POWER SETTING AND POSITIONED THE WING CONTROL TO LIFT THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID, HE WAS ONLY PRACTICING TAXIING AND DID NOT INTEND ON BECOMING AIRBORNE. AS THE NOSE WHEEL LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT AND STARTED TO FLY. THE ULTRALIGHT CONTINUED IN A LEFT TURN WITHOUT GAINING ALTITUDE AND STRUCK A CESSNA 310 PARKED AND TIED DOWN IN FRONT OF A HANGAR. THE ULTRALIGHT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM POINT OF LIFTOFF TO THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE CESSNA 310 AND THE ULTRALIGHT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

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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