# Incident 20080409014179I: Scaero YAK52TW, Lakeland, FL, April 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N552TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S C Aerostar S A YAK-52TW (registry code 1140001, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-c-aerostar-s-a-yak-52tw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCAERO YAK52TW
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080409014179I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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