# Incident 19970912026779I: Trytek 65LA, Watervliet, MI, September 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Watervliet, MI
- Airport: Watervliet Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2007° N, 86.2494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERVLIET MUNI (40C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2007&lon=-86.2494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24286, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24286) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-LA (registry code 0190930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-la) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRYTEK 65LA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912026779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT MADE WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ATTEMPTED T.O. AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ONLY DOING A TAXI CHECK WHEN A WIND GUST CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOTS MEDICAL ISSUE DATE WAS 9-8-93.

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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