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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Kotzebue, AK · May 9, 2013

Date
May 9, 2013 · 15:15 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7874D
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total4,000 in this make and model

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.

Owner hand-propped aircraft on sea ice in front of Kotzebue, AK. Owner slipped and fell on ice befor he could get in, plane traveled forward and hit snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

OWNER HAND-PROPPED AIRCRAFT ON SEA ICE IN FRONT OF KOTZEBUE, AK. OWNER SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE BEFOR HE COULD GET IN, PLANE TRAVELED FORWARD AND HIT SNOWBANK.