20020330006619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Julesburg, CO · March 30, 2002

Date
March 30, 2002 · 14:15 local
Place
Julesburg, CO
Airport
Julesburg Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4337Y
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
510 total8 in this make and model50 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) While taxiing aircraft pilot noticed a child running towards the aircraft and at the same time a gust of wind caught the tail causing him to go off edge of runway hit some soft dirt and caught a guard rail that had been constructed for spectator control when the runway was being used as a drag strip. Minor damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT PILOT NOTICED A CHILD RUNNING TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT AND AT THE SAME TIME A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE TAIL CAUSING HIM TO GO OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY HIT SOME SOFT DIRT AND CAUGHT A GUARD RAIL THAT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR SPECTATOR CONTROL WHEN THE RUNWAY WAS BEING USED AS A DRAG STRIP. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.