20091025022749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CH701 · Bullhead City, AZ · October 25, 2009

Date
October 25, 2009 · 13:00 local
Place
Bullhead City, AZ
Airport
Laughlin/Bullhead International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N701ZE
Reported as
Amtr CH701
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total30 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot was taxiing his light sport airplane in the ramp area after landing. A gust of wind picked up the tail and the prop and right wing tip struck the ground. No injuries and the aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS TAXIING HIS LIGHT SPORT AIRPLANE IN THE RAMP AREA AFTER LANDING. A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL AND THE PROP AND RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.