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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Schweizer Acft SCHWEIZER SGM 2-37 · Waterford, MI · August 24, 2017

Date
August 24, 2017 · 19:23 local
Place
Waterford, MI
Airport
Oakland County International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39AF
Reported as
Schweizer Acft Schweizer SGM 2-37
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
887 total340 in this make and model67 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.

N39AF, Schweizer sgm 2-37, motorglider, as the aircraft was taxiing east on taxiway bravo the left wing clipped a stake that was recently placed in the ground for an upcoming airshow/open house event, the aircraft was spun around from the impact.

As the FAA filed it

N39AF, SCHWEIZER SGM 2-37, MOTORGLIDER, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING EAST ON TAXIWAY BRAVO THE LEFT WING CLIPPED A STAKE THAT WAS RECENTLY PLACED IN THE GROUND FOR AN UPCOMING AIRSHOW/OPEN HOUSE EVENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPUN AROUND FROM THE IMPACT.