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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182E · Stehekin, WA · June 7, 2022

Date
June 7, 2022 · 12:37 local
Place
Stehekin, WA
Airport
Stehekin State
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3237Y
Reported as
Cessna 182E
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,012 total308 in this make and model14 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.

The pilot departed from twisp, WA (2S0) and flew to Stehekin State Airport (6S9). Upon arrival, pilot noticed a weed control crew on the runway and performed a go-around. Pilot returned and landed on the grass runway. While taxiing to parking the nose wheel entered an unseen pothole causing the propeller to strike the ground. The aircraft suffered minor damage to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM TWISP, WA (2S0) AND FLEW TO STEHEKIN STATE AIRPORT (6S9). UPON ARRIVAL, PILOT NOTICED A WEED CONTROL CREW ON THE RUNWAY AND PERFORMED A GO-AROUND. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING THE NOSE WHEEL ENTERED AN UNSEEN POTHOLE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.