# Incident 20060505007999I: Amtr VANSRV4, Saint George, UT, May 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Saint George, UT
- Airport: Saint George Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0364° N, 113.5103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST GEORGE RGNL (SGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0364&lon=-113.5103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fletcher William Robert JR VANS RV-4 (registry code 05626UU, https://openairdocs.org/model/fletcher-william-robert-jr-vans-rv-4) (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: AMTR VANSRV4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 210 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060505007999I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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