# Incident 20070921825389I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Bemidji, MN, September 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2007, 13:15 local time
- Place: Bemidji, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4870° N, 94.8827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bemidji, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4870&lon=-94.8827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N304DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (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: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,245 total, 800 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/20070921825389I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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