# Incident 19971227041459I: Piper PA22150, Fairbanks, AK, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 12:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6847B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6847B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 160 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/19971227041459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT OF N6847B RETURNED TO HIS PARKING SPOT TO PICK UP A PAX. N6847B WAS ON SKIS. CONDITION OF RAMP WAS LIGHT LOOSE SNOW OVER ICE. ON ENGINE START UP A/C MOVED FORWARD TOWARD A PARKED A/C N7650K. PILOT OF N6847B RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND TOOK IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION. MIXTURE/MAGS OFF, PROP WAS STILL TURNING WHEN IT STRUCK THE PROPELLER OF N7650K RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPS. COUNSELED ERNEST P. KINGSBURY ON SAFETY RELATED PROCEDURES USING SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT, EMPHASIZING START UP AND TAXI TECHNIQUES AROUND PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6847B (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240918013769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240918013769A), Sep 18, 2024: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), Aleknagik, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot statement: while slow taxiing, turned downwind to load the plane, a gust of wind turned the plane, tail over nose. Empty plane, no injuries. Eyewitness…
- [Accident 20220406005209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220406005209A), Apr 6, 2022: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), Aleknagik, AK, Substantial damage. Description: during taxi on straight skis, the pilot lost control of the aircraft due to icy conditions on rutted, uneven ground. A rut slid the aircraft…
- [Incident 20150707016369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150707016369I), Jul 7, 2015: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Pilot landed in naknek lake in front of brooks camp in high wind and swells of two to three foot. Pilot could not make aircraft turn down wind and decided to…
- [Incident 20070315006109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070315006109I), Mar 15, 2007: Piper PA22150 (N6847B), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Bungee cord broke away from ski tip. Ski toe went into snow without pilot's knowledge. As aircraft was taxied across lake, the ski toe went down into the…

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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