# Incident 19960601016819I: Piper PA18150, Portland, OR, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland Troutdale Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5494° N, 122.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (TTD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5494&lon=-122.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1394Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1394Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 225 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601016819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING TO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF, THE GROUND WAS VERY ROUGH AND WINDS WERE GUSTY. PILOT STATED THE A/C HIT A DIP, THE TAIL CAME UP AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK A DIRT HUMP IN THE TAXI AREA. THE PROPELLER HAD ONE BLADE BENT BY THE IMPACT. THE PILOT LEFT THE A/C TIED DOWN AT THE AIRPORT AND RETURNED LATER WITH A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE ENGINE OUT AND REPLACED THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N1394Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20140412005399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140412005399A), Apr 12, 2014: Piper PA-18-135 (N1394Y), Condon, OR, Substantial damage. Landed at an off airport remote site along a ridgeline in central Oregon. On takeoff aircraft struck a tree or large shrub and ended up flipping over resulting…

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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