# Incident 20160210002239I: Cessna 150, Sturgis, SD, February 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: Sturgis, SD
- Airport: Sturgis Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4187° N, 103.3777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STURGIS MUNI (49B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4187&lon=-103.3777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5945E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5945E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160210002239I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/10/2016  AT 1130 A CESSNA 150 WITH A TEXAS TAILDRAGGER CONVERSION STC, N5945E WHICH IS OWNED/REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN A WIND GUST LIFTED THE TAIL CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND  DURING TAXIING, WHILE PERFORMING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. CLEAR DAY CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT WAS TO ORIGINATE AT STURGIS, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NEARBY AIRPORT REPORTED WIND GUSTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO 31 KNOTS.

LOCAL FAAST REP STEVE HOOGERHYDE WILL COUNSEL PILOT IN ORDER TO PREVENT A REPEAT INCIDENT.

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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