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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18150 · Eagle, AK · August 31, 2001

Date: August 31, 2001 · 16:30 local
Place: Eagle, AK
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4122E
Reported as: Piper PA18150
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot landed and shut a/c down. He tried to move the airplane by ground handling. Airstrip rough and one main wheel rolled into a hole and he was unable to ground handle any further. Pilot started airplane and attempted to move it by taxiing down wind. When he brought power up the tail came up and over on nose. Propeller bent and right wing tip scuffed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED AND SHUT A/C DOWN. HE TRIED TO MOVE THE AIRPLANE BY GROUND HANDLING. AIRSTRIP ROUGH AND ONE MAIN WHEEL ROLLED INTO A HOLE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO GROUND HANDLE ANY FURTHER. PILOT STARTED AIRPLANE AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE IT BY TAXIING DOWN WIND. WHEN HE BROUGHT POWER UP THE TAIL CAME UP AND OVER ON NOSE. PROPELLER BENT AND RIGHT WING TIP SCUFFED.