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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · April 23, 2006

Date: April 23, 2006 · 13:52 local
Place: Talkeetna, AK
Airport: Talkeetna Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4121Z
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,040 total170 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N4121ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18S/N 18-8165 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-18 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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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 her PA-18, on tundra tires, on a dirt area between the paved runway and the paved taxiway. Taxiing from the dirt area onto the paved taxiway required her to taxi over a lip created by the pavement. In her attempt to cross the lip she increased her taxi speed. As a result, once on the taxiway she had attained a higher than normal taxi speed. The excess speed prevented her from turning the aircraft to avoid a small snow bank. The propeller struck the snow bank and sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED HER PA-18, ON TUNDRA TIRES, ON A DIRT AREA BETWEEN THE PAVED RUNWAY AND THE PAVED TAXIWAY. TAXIING FROM THE DIRT AREA ONTO THE PAVED TAXIWAY REQUIRED HER TO TAXI OVER A LIP CREATED BY THE PAVEMENT. IN HER ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE LIP SHE INCREASED HER TAXI SPEED. AS A RESULT, ONCE ON THE TAXIWAY SHE HAD ATTAINED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPEED. THE EXCESS SPEED PREVENTED HER FROM TURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID A SMALL SNOW BANK. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SNOW BANK AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.