# Incident 20070512009409I: Piper PA18150, Valdez, AK, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Airport: Valdez Pioneer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1342° N, 146.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALDEZ PIONEER FLD (VDZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1342&lon=-146.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91134 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 160 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512009409I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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