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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · AK · April 29, 2007

Date: April 29, 2007 · 19:00 local
Place: AK
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2971M
Reported as: Piper PA12
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,350 total2,500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N2971MRegistered now · Piper PA-12S/N 121363 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper PA-12 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) The PIC landed on an off airport gravel bench. He stopped and walked the landing area and decided to reposition the aircraft at the FAR end of the gravel bench to line up the aircraft in the direction of the takeoff path and then mark the bench with ribbons. The wind was blowing at about 15 knots with gusts to about 25 knots on the tail during the reposition. Close to the end of his taxi a higher gust hit his tailfeathers causing the aircraft to pitch onto its nose causing propeller damage but no aircraft damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC LANDED ON AN OFF AIRPORT GRAVEL BENCH. HE STOPPED AND WALKED THE LANDING AREA AND DECIDED TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT AT THE FAR END OF THE GRAVEL BENCH TO LINE UP THE AIRCRAFT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TAKEOFF PATH AND THEN MARK THE BENCH WITH RIBBONS. THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO ABOUT 25 KNOTS ON THE TAIL DURING THE REPOSITION. CLOSE TO THE END OF HIS TAXI A HIGHER GUST HIT HIS TAILFEATHERS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH ONTO ITS NOSE CAUSING PROPELLER DAMAGE BUT NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

Other reports on N2971M · 1

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

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