# Incident 20090514006609I: Piper PA18A150, Midland, TX, May 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2009, 07:30 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6971D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6971D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C2A (registry code 42285, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090514006609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 14, 2009, AT 7:30 CDT, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI 17R VIA TAXIWAY CHARLIE FROM THE TIE-DOWN RAMP AT ABILENE AERO.  WHILE STILL ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE, A PARALLEL TAXIWAY TO 17R, AND APPROACHING CHARLIE - 4, HE UNEXPECTEDLY CAME UPON A HOLD SHORT BAR FOR A RUNWAY.  HE FIRMLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AT THE HOLD SHORT BAR.  HE STATED HE HAD REVIEWED AN AIRPORT DIAGRAM BUT DID NOT ASSUME THERE WAS A HOLD SHORT FOR RUNWAY 22 AS IT DOES NOT INTERSECT WITH RUNWAY 17R OR TAXIWAY CHARLIE.  DUE TO THE RAPID APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG QUARTERING TAILWIND, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD DAMAGEING THE PROPELLER AND MUFFLER.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.  THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT ON BOARD, RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6971D (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160910017101I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160910017101I), Sep 10, 2016: Piper PA-18A 150 (N6971D), Woodbine, NJ, Minor damage. PIC temporarily disembarked PA-18A-150, s/n 18-5497, N6971D (restricted category for aerial advertising) while engine was running at idle on a grass section of…
- [Accident 20010115002209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010115002209A), Jan 15, 2001: Piper PA18A150 (N6971D), Palmetto, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 15, 2001, at 1605 localtime,a Piper 18A, N69710, registered to skyway aircraft, crashed into mangroves in tampa bay approximately 1.5 miles…

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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