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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VANS RV-4 · Saint George, UT · May 5, 2006

Date
May 5, 2006 · 13:00 local
Place
Saint George, UT
Airport
Saint George Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N97RV
Reported as
Amtr VANSRV4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total210 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) Pilot landed in strong gusty winds. When taxiing to hangar, he turned down wind and was unable to control the attitude of the aircraft. The tail lifted and the propeller struck the pavement. Pilot may have mis-managed flight controls or wind exceeded limitations of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN TAXIING TO HANGAR, HE TURNED DOWN WIND AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TAIL LIFTED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. PILOT MAY HAVE MIS-MANAGED FLIGHT CONTROLS OR WIND EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS OF AIRCRAFT.