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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCBC · Nikishka, AK · March 13, 2008

Date: March 13, 2008 · 08:08 local
Place: Nikishka, AK
Airport: Mcgahan Industrial Airpark
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1206E
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCBC
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1,500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1206ERegistered now · Bellanca 7GCBCS/N 990-77 Airframe modelBellanca 7GCBC 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 aircraft was being taxied under power in conjunction with ramp snow removal operations. As the aircraft was being taxied, the speed of which was described by the pilot as a "fast taxi", the aircraft encountered a section of the surface that was contaminated with ice. The aircraft tires lost traction with the surface resulting in the aircraft sliding off of the taxi surface into an adjacent snow berm. The right wing contacted the snow berm resulting in substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED UNDER POWER IN CONJUNCTION WITH RAMP SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED, THE SPEED OF WHICH WAS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT AS A "FAST TAXI", THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SECTION OF THE SURFACE THAT WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ICE. THE AIRCRAFT TIRES LOST TRACTION WITH THE SURFACE RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING OFF OF THE TAXI SURFACE INTO AN ADJACENT SNOW BERM. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE SNOW BERM RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.