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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stemme Stemme S 10 · Warner Springs, CA · September 26, 2010

Date
September 26, 2010 · 10:15 local
Place
Warner Springs, CA
Airport
Warner Springs
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N358DS
Reported as
Stemme Stemme S 10
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX-914 F2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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.

The motor glider was taxiing on a soft dirt runway. The aircraft hit a soft spot in the dirt which caused the propeller to strike the ground. The propeller blades struck the ground and broke at the attach points. Damage was minor and no injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

THE MOTOR GLIDER WAS TAXIING ON A SOFT DIRT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE DIRT WHICH CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND AND BROKE AT THE ATTACH POINTS. DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.