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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Northwing Apache · Garden City, KS · August 22, 2022

Date: August 22, 2022 · 10:21 local
Place: Garden City, KS
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N991SM
Reported as: Northwing Apache
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1

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 non-licensed pilot of the light sport aircraft was out in his field doing taxi runs in the aircraft. Although without intent to fly, he was doing a taxi run at a good amount of speed, decided to make a turn on the ground in the aircraft. Only to have the wind pick up one of the wings, and flipping the aircraft over. The pilot suffered minor injuries, and the aircraft was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

THE NON-LICENSED PILOT OF THE LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT WAS OUT IN HIS FIELD DOING TAXI RUNS IN THE AIRCRAFT. ALTHOUGH WITHOUT INTENT TO FLY, HE WAS DOING A TAXI RUN AT A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPEED, DECIDED TO MAKE A TURN ON THE GROUND IN THE AIRCRAFT. ONLY TO HAVE THE WIND PICK UP ONE OF THE WINGS, AND FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.