# Incident 20100522005699I: Airborne Wi EDGE XT-912, Hanapepe, HI, May 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2010, 09:10 local time
- Place: Hanapepe, HI
- Airport: Port Allen
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Location: 21.8969° N, 159.6032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT ALLEN (PAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.8969&lon=-159.6032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne Windsports PTY EDGE XT-912-L (registry code 05902IC, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsports-pty-edge-xt-912-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBORNE WI EDGE XT-912
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100522005699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EUGENE MONNIER REPORTED THAT ON 5/22/10, WHILE TAXIING  FOR TAKE OFF AT THE PORT ALLEN AIRPORT THE UPWIND WING CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND AND TIPPED AIRCRAFT UP ON ITS RIGHT SIDE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO TO WING LEADING EDGE, WING KEEL AND THE WING FABRIC WAS TORN. ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM PILOT OR PASSENGER. DAMAGE REPORT WAS TO THE WING ONLY NO FUSELAGE DAMAGE. PILOT STATED THAT AT 910 AM WINDS WERE 15 MPH GUSTING TO 22 MPH

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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