20201015017109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Larry Linrud VANS AIRCRAFT RV14 · Minot, ND · October 15, 2020

Date
October 15, 2020 · 15:20 local
Place
Minot, ND
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N237LL
Reported as
Larry Linrud Vans Aircraft RV14
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,974 total90 in this make and model40 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.

Gusty winds in Minot during taxi out of light weight van's RV-14 N237LL.

Taxiing out and the wind got under the tail and tipped the aircraft on the nose. Pilot stated: I will not try to fly with that much wind again.

As the FAA filed it

GUSTY WINDS IN MINOT DURING TAXI OUT OF LIGHT WEIGHT VAN'S RV-14 N237LL.

TAXIING OUT AND THE WIND GOT UNDER THE TAIL AND TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE NOSE. PILOT STATED: I WILL NOT TRY TO FLY WITH THAT MUCH WIND AGAIN.