# Incident 19880123005529I: Piper PA18A150, Ephrata, WA, January 23, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1988, 11:20 local time
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Airport: Ephrata Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3081° N, 119.5169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPHRATA MUNI (EPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3081&lon=-119.5169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4871A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 10 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880123005529I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AIRCRAFT HIT A PIPE WHICH WAS LAYING ON RUNWAY. PIPE CAUSED STUDENT PILOT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY.

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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