# Incident 19780718043459I: Piper PA12, Sultan, WA, July 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1978, 19:30 local time
- Place: Sultan, WA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8711° N, 121.8041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sultan, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8711&lon=-121.8041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92740, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780718043459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A ROCK DURING TAXI, ONE MAIN GEAR FAILED.

## Other reports on N92740 (1)

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

- [Accident 20220918016799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220918016799A), Sep 18, 2022: Piper PA-12 (N92740), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. On Sunday, sept 18 at 8:30AM I departed from pamr to go help [privacy data omitted]friend with his moose hunting equipment. I flew 3.2HR to ptfo where I…

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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