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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Bethel, AK · September 3, 2018

Date
September 3, 2018 · 18:00 local
Place
Bethel, AK
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33542
Reported as
Piper PA-22-150
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft was parked on ridgeline that was not a normal runway.

Pilot parked the aircraft and went to get cargo when the aircraft was hit by large gust that picked up the tail and flipped the airplane. High winds are known in this area, so while unfortunate, not unusual.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON RIDGELINE THAT WAS NOT A NORMAL RUNWAY.

PILOT PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND WENT TO GET CARGO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY LARGE GUST THAT PICKED UP THE TAIL AND FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE. HIGH WINDS ARE KNOWN IN THIS AREA, SO WHILE UNFORTUNATE, NOT UNUSUAL.