FAA incident report · Gippsaero GA8 · Mertarvik, AK · May 3, 2024
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot was taxiing with his head down looking at avionics. The aircraft propeller struck a stack of cargo boxes on the ramp while taxing to the runway.
THE PILOT WAS TAXIING WITH HIS HEAD DOWN LOOKING AT AVIONICS. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK A STACK OF CARGO BOXES ON THE RAMP WHILE TAXING TO THE RUNWAY.