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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Palmer, AK · August 29, 2016

Date
August 29, 2016 · 05:44 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82371
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total100 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot stated that he was taxiing his aircraft to a tie down spot at the bottom of his hill. He stated he got too close to the alders and clipped his wing. When this happened he gave full rudder and increased power to compensate. This caused the aircraft to hit a rut in the dirt and sent him on a path through the trees, ending up nose down and against a tree.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TAXIING HIS AIRCRAFT TO A TIE DOWN SPOT AT THE BOTTOM OF HIS HILL. HE STATED HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE ALDERS AND CLIPPED HIS WING. WHEN THIS HAPPENED HE GAVE FULL RUDDER AND INCREASED POWER TO COMPENSATE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIT A RUT IN THE DIRT AND SENT HIM ON A PATH THROUGH THE TREES, ENDING UP NOSE DOWN AND AGAINST A TREE.