# Incident 20111013024869I: Piper PA-18-150, Sandy Lake, AK, October 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sandy Lake, AK
- Airport: Sandy Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N624MW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 3,348 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/20111013024869I

## Narrative

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

A/C WAS TIED DOWN DUE TO INCLEMENT WX.  THE A/C BROKE LOOSE FROM A ROOT BALL THAT THE PILOT HAD SECURED IT TO.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE A/C AROUND TO ANOTHER SPOT HOWEVER THE WINDS WERE TOO STRONG FOR HIM TO MOVE IT BY HIMSELF.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI THE A/C TO A SPOT TO SECURE IT, WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE RIGHT WING TIP AND LIFTED THE A/C OFF THE GROUND.  WHEN THE A/C DROPPED THE LEFT WING AND TAIL STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE GEAR WAS DAMAGED.  PICTURES SHOW DAMAGE TO THE GEAR, WINGS AND TAIL SECTION OF THE A/C, INDICATIVE OF THE EVENTS THE PILOT DESCRIBED.  NTSB CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT AS THERE WAS NO INTENT TO FLY THE A/C.

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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