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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Miller John Paul RAF 2000 GTX SE · Shell Lake, WI · August 18, 2011

Date
August 18, 2011 · 10:04 local
Place
Shell Lake, WI
Airport
Shell Lake Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2869W
Reported as
Miller John Paul RAF 2000 GTX SE
Reported engine
SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
43 total43 in this make and model43 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.

While taxiing back to park the aircraft, the pilot failed to reduce the engine speed which caused the aircraft to tip over on its right side when he attempted to turn to the left, damaging the propeller and rotor blades, rudder, vertical stabilizer, and fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING BACK TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT FAILED TO REDUCE THE ENGINE SPEED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND ROTOR BLADES, RUDDER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND FUSELAGE.