# Incident 19920913042619I: Piper PA38112, Ephrata, WA, September 13, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1992, 01:00 local time
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Airport: Ephrata Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N2587C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2587C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 40 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920913042619I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY A CROSSWIND CAUSED PILOT TO CROSS A DITCH AT RIGHT ANGLES. PROPELLER TIP STRUCK TAXIWAY.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.