# Accident 20240918013769A: Piper PA-22-150, Aleknagik, AK, September 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2024, 17:40 local time
- Place: Aleknagik, AK
- Airport: Main Camp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 3WUC
- Location: 59.0560° N, 158.4947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0560&lon=-158.4947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6847B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6847B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,760 total, 1,910 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240918013769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATEMENT: WHILE SLOW TAXIING, TURNED DOWNWIND TO LOAD THE PLANE, A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE PLANE, TAIL OVER NOSE. EMPTY PLANE, NO INJURIES.

EYEWITNESS REPORT: WHILE TURNING, THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTED INTO THE WIND. A GUST OF WIND HIT THE ELEVATOR AND LIFTED THE TAIL. IT WENT UP AND OVER ONTO IT'S BACK.

DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: PROP STRIKE. LH WING STRUTS WERE BENT. WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED/BROKEN. RUDDER WAS BENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC24LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA104), Sep 19, 2024: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while taxiing in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N6847B (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220406005209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220406005209A), Apr 6, 2022: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), Aleknagik, AK, Substantial damage. Description: during taxi on straight skis, the pilot lost control of the aircraft due to icy conditions on rutted, uneven ground. A rut slid the aircraft…
- [Incident 20150707016369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150707016369I), Jul 7, 2015: Piper PA-22-150 (N6847B), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Pilot landed in naknek lake in front of brooks camp in high wind and swells of two to three foot. Pilot could not make aircraft turn down wind and decided to…
- [Incident 20070315006109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070315006109I), Mar 15, 2007: Piper PA22150 (N6847B), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Bungee cord broke away from ski tip. Ski toe went into snow without pilot's knowledge. As aircraft was taxied across lake, the ski toe went down into the…
- [Incident 19971227041459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227041459I), Dec 27, 1997: Piper PA22150 (N6847B), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot of N6847B returned to his parking spot to pick up a pax. N6847B was on skis. Condition of ramp was light loose snow over ice. On engine start…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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