# Incident 19801023077689I: Piper PA18150, Norwood, MA, October 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1980, 17:45 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1874° N, 71.1960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norwood, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1874&lon=-71.1960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2396J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2396J) (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 PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 15 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/19801023077689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED WIND GUST TO LIFT TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE. PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND BEFORE PILOT COULD RECOVER.

## Other reports on N2396J (2)

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

- [Accident 20060807030819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060807030819A), Aug 7, 2006: Piper PA18150 (N2396J), Waukesha, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 7, 2006, at 1000 CDT, Piper PA-18-150, N2396J, departed from crites field, Waukesha, Wisconsin (ues) on a local VFR flight. At 1030 CDT the…
- [Accident 19840519017559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840519017559A), May 19, 1984: Piper PA18150 (N2396J), Franklin, NC, Substantial damage. Crash landed after engine quit. Conditions good for carb ice. Aircraft out of annual. Student carried a passenger.

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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