# Incident 19900428019269I: Piper PA18125, El Monte, CA, April 28, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1990, 12:41 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1851A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1851A-1991-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18125
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 15 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900428019269I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. WIND GUST CAUSED PILOT TO GROUND LOOP. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HIT A FENCE.

## Other reports on N1851A (2)

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

- [Accident 19820926051209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926051209A), Sep 26, 1982: Piper PA18125 (N1851A), Casa Grande, AZ, Destroyed. Student pilot with a passenger struck wires on a night pleasure flight. No previous night experience.
- [Incident 19790606100439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606100439I), Jun 6, 1979: Piper PA18150 (N1851A), Pierre, SD, Minor damage. Bolt holding the vee cubane assembly failed. Aircraft used in rough field operations.

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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