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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr WICHAWK · Topeka, KS · October 26, 2001

Date
October 26, 2001 · 17:55 local
Place
Topeka, KS
Airport
Forbes Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N127PW
Reported as
Amtr Wichawk
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total80 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted taxied from the ga ramp to rwy 3 via taxiway "a" in his conventional gear biplane. As brakes were applied when the aircraft approached the hold short line of the departure runway, the aircraft nosed over. Damage was done to the prop, the engine cowling and possibly the engine. The wind reported at the time of the accident was 350 degrees at 8 knots. This would have been a tail wind to this aircraft as it taxied south to hold short of runway 03. Mr. Hund was alone and not injured. No violation of regulations were found during this investigation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED FROM THE GA RAMP TO RWY 3 VIA TAXIWAY "A" IN HIS CONVENTIONAL GEAR BIPLANE. AS BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PROP, THE ENGINE COWLING AND POSSIBLY THE ENGINE. THE WIND REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 350 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A TAIL WIND TO THIS AIRCRAFT AS IT TAXIED SOUTH TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 03. MR. HUND WAS ALONE AND NOT INJURED. NO VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS WERE FOUND DURING THIS INVESTIGATION.