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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Reedsville, PA · April 20, 2018

Date
April 20, 2018 · 12:45 local
Place
Reedsville, PA
Airport
Mifflin County
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7799Z
Reported as
Piper PA-25-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total16 in this make and model22 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.

After landing, while taxiing on turf adjacent to runway 24 in gusty crosswinds, a/c tail lifted and could not be controlled. Nose and prop strike on grass at taxi speed.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING, WHILE TAXIING ON TURF ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 24 IN GUSTY CROSSWINDS, A/C TAIL LIFTED AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. NOSE AND PROP STRIKE ON GRASS AT TAXI SPEED.