GA small aircraft taxiing in gusty wind lost control and hit propeller on surface.

Attributes
ACN	90152
Time
Date	198806
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cdl
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7300 flight time type : 12
ASRS Report	90152
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Gusty wind conditions during taxi caused tail to be uplifted and in the subsequent corrective action the propeller struck the dirt surface of the landing strip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA TAXIING IN GUSTY WIND LOST CONTROL AND HIT PROPELLER ON SURFACE.

Narrative: GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS DURING TAXI CAUSED TAIL TO BE UPLIFTED AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT CORRECTIVE ACTION THE PROP STRUCK THE DIRT SURFACE OF THE LNDG STRIP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.