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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18150 · Valdez, AK · May 12, 2007

Date: May 12, 2007 · 16:30 local
Place: Valdez, AK
Airport: Valdez Pioneer Field
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N91134
Reported as: Piper PA18150
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 335 total160 in this make and model45 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) After completing a landing at the Valdez may day fly-in short field landing competition, pilot was taxiing back for departure. As he turned around and began to taxi downwind, the aircraft nosed over, and the spinner and propeller contacted the ground. Winds at the time were gusting to 16 knots. The pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured, and the aircraft received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER COMPLETING A LANDING AT THE VALDEZ MAY DAY FLY-IN SHORT FIELD LANDING COMPETITION, PILOT WAS TAXIING BACK FOR DEPARTURE. AS HE TURNED AROUND AND BEGAN TO TAXI DOWNWIND, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, AND THE SPINNER AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.