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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kreeger John W JR RV8 · Greeley, CO · November 14, 2020

Date
November 14, 2020 · 07:45 local
Place
Greeley, CO
Airport
Greeley/Weld County
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N787MA
Reported as
Kreeger John W JR RV8
Reported engine
Superior IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

The pilot was taxiing his airplane from the airport ramp to a friends hangar when a strong gust of wind lifted the tail of the airplane causing the propeller to strike the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS TAXIING HIS AIRPLANE FROM THE AIRPORT RAMP TO A FRIENDS HANGAR WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.