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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Monaville, TX · February 11, 2017

Date
February 11, 2017 · 12:45 local
Place
Monaville, TX
Airport
Fair Weather Field Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9814P
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,323 total21 in this make and model14 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.

At approximately 1245 CST, pilot states that he was taxiing the aircraft after landing, when a wind gust picked up the tail of the aircraft and pushed the nose into the ground, striking the ground with the propeller and nose, causing only minor damage. Weather was reported as: ktme 111955Z auto 22020G26KT 8SM BKN037 29/19 A3003 rmk A02.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 CST, PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING, WHEN A WIND GUST PICKED UP THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PUSHED THE NOSE INTO THE GROUND, STRIKING THE GROUND WITH THE PROPELLER AND NOSE, CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS: KTME 111955Z AUTO 22020G26KT 8SM BKN037 29/19 A3003 RMK A02.