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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCAA · Bemidji, MN · September 21, 2007

Date: September 21, 2007 · 13:15 local
Place: Bemidji, MN
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N304DF
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCAA
Reported engine: Lycoming O360C2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,245 total800 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N304DFRegistered now · Champion 7GCAAS/N 78 · Built 1966 Airframe modelChampion 7GCAA Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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) Pilot was parked on the west side of lake Bemidji in Bemidji, MN. The winds were out of the west and were gusty 290 degrees at 17 gust 22. The pilot taxied from the shore toward the other side of the lake for departure. When he taxied approximately 100 yards from shore there was a gust of wind and the aircraft tipped forward on its nose. The pilot got out of the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE BEMIDJI IN BEMIDJI, MN. THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE WEST AND WERE GUSTY 290 DEGREES AT 17 GUST 22. THE PILOT TAXIED FROM THE SHORE TOWARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE FOR DEPARTURE. WHEN HE TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM SHORE THERE WAS A GUST OF WIND AND THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED FORWARD ON ITS NOSE. THE PILOT GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.