# Incident 19830208009499I: Mncoup 90A, Lafayette, LA, February 8, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1983, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18184, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18184) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Monocoupe 90A (registry code 5810104, https://openairdocs.org/model/monocoupe-90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MNCOUP 90A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 345 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830208009499I

## Narrative

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

PROP WASH FROM A MERLIN CAUSED THE MONOCOUPE TO NOSE UP AS HE CROSSED BEHIND DEPARTING MERLIN PER TOWER INSTRUCTION

## Other reports on N18184 (1)

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

- [Incident 20180713011119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180713011119I), Jul 13, 2018: Monocoupe 90A (N18184), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed rwy 22L and was on rollout about to turn onto an intersecting taxiway when the left main gear failed.

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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