# Accident 19800919041989A: Piper PA18, Colfax, WA, September 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1980, 08:10 local time
- Place: Colfax, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9108° N, 117.3290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colfax, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9108&lon=-117.3290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40523, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40523) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,571 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYP41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800919041989A

## Narrative

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

LANDED AG PLANE ON A DIRT ROAD TO LOOK OVER FUTURE SPRAY FIELD. A GUST OF WIND OVERTURNED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING.

## 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 SEA80DYP41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP41), Sep 19, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N40523), Colfax, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N40523 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770707025329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770707025329A), Jul 7, 1977: Piper PA18150 (N40523), Hermiston, OR, Substantial damage. Drift off runway,hit brakes,nose over.

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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