# Incident 19801202085809I: Piper PA18150, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1980, 11:55 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2455J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2455J) (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: 5,800 total, 400 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/19801202085809I

## Narrative

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

TAIL CAME OFF GROUND PROP, STRUCK GROUND WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N2455J (2)

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

- [Incident 19860516025789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860516025789I), May 16, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N2455J), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Inadvertently touched brakes on rollout. Aircraft nosed over.
- [Incident 19791209047559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209047559I), Dec 9, 1979: Piper PA18150 (N2455J), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. During landing roll, pilot lost directional control when he retracted flaps, ran off runway. Came to rest on nose.

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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