# Incident 20050310002819I: Cubcft TOPCUB, Spokane, WA, March 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2005, 14:50 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N447TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Olson Mike TOP CUB (registry code 056033K, https://openairdocs.org/model/olson-mike-top-cub) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUBCFT TOPCUB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 553 total, 150 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050310002819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO INTERSECTION "FOXTROT" FOR TAKE OFF. PILOT IN COMMAND PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SECOND PILOT WAS AIRCRAFT OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MEDICAL EXPIRED IN JULY OF 1987. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING INTO THE SUN AND HIT THE "FOXTROT" INTERSECTION SIGN. IMPACT TIPPED PLANE ON NOSE AND SPLINTERED PROPELLER, DAMAGED LEFT GEAR "A" FRAME, DAMAGED LEFT COWL AND AIR INTAKE FILTER. NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM COLLISION.

## Other reports on N447TC (2)

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

- [Incident 20260327001949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260327001949I), Mar 27, 2026: Olson Mike TOP CUB (N447TC), Aurora, OR, Minor damage. On March 27, 2026, at approximately 1102 PDT, the aircraft landed on runway 35 and was taxiing when it exited the runway at taxiway A2. During taxi the right…
- [Incident 20120413006139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120413006139I), Apr 13, 2012: Olson Mike TOP CUB (N447TC), Kalama, WA, Minor damage. Pilot states wind reversed 180 degrees and flipped acft over during taxi at high power. Others not willing to come forward have stated he was performing wheel…

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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