# Incident 19891222061029I: Piper PA18135, Reno, NV, December 22, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1989, 15:35 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9977Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9977Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891222061029I

## Narrative

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

HIT A FENCE WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY. PILOT STATED WAS LOOKING DOWN AT RADIO.

## Other reports on N9977Q (3)

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

- [Accident 19910721029119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910721029119A), Jul 21, 1991: Piper PA18135 (N9977Q), Gerlach, NV, Substantial damage. Flying below ridge reported strong downdraft caused a collision with ground.
- [Accident 19900323005359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900323005359A), Mar 23, 1990: Piper PA18150 (N9977Q), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Swerved off runway on landing roll and nosed over in soft sand.
- [Incident 19871027073569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871027073569I), Oct 27, 1987: Piper PA18135 (N9977Q), Dayville, OR, Minor damage. Partial power loss. Landed on a highway. Went into a ditch. Nosed up. Power reduction caused by carburetor ice.

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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