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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scaero YAK-52TW · Lakeland, FL · April 9, 2008

Date
April 9, 2008 · 16:00 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Linder Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N552TW
Reported as
Scaero YAK52TW
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total800 in this make and model40 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) While taxiing back to parking spot following formation flight at sun n fun, pilot entered grass area as directed by marshaller. Main landing gear wheel sunk into soft soil causing aircraft to stop its progression. Sudden stop caused tail of aircraft to rise enough to cause propeller to impact ground. Minor damage to propeller. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING BACK TO PARKING SPOT FOLLOWING FORMATION FLIGHT AT SUN N FUN, PILOT ENTERED GRASS AREA AS DIRECTED BY MARSHALLER. MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL SUNK INTO SOFT SOIL CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO STOP ITS PROGRESSION. SUDDEN STOP CAUSED TAIL OF AIRCRAFT TO RISE ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROPELLER TO IMPACT GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.