# Incident 19960922033379I: Piper PA18150, Auburn-Lewiston, ME, September 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1996, 09:00 local time
- Place: Auburn-Lewiston, ME
- Airport: Auburn-Lewiston Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0485° N, 70.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (LEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0485&lon=-70.2835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 90 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960922033379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. PILOT CORRECTED TO LEFT, THEN VEERED TO LEFT AND WENT BETWEEN THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AT ABOUT 45 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE GRASS. PILOT GAVE AIRCRAFT FULL POWER AND TAIL CAME UP. VASI LIGHTS WERE 10 FEET DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM. IT WAS TOO LATE TO CHANGE DIRECTION SO HE TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND MISSED THE FIRST LIGHT BUT STRUCK THE SECOND. PILOT LANDED 30'L FROM LIGHT AND STOPPED. HE SUSPECTED PROP WASH FROM A CESSNA 182 THAT HAD RECENTLY TAKEN OFF. HE TOLD IIC THAT A WIND GUST HAD PUSHED HIM INTO THE VASI. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N114 (2)

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

- [Accident 19870428012769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870428012769A), Apr 28, 1987: Piper PA18135 (N114), Greenville, ME, Destroyed. A wing stalled on climbout in gusty surface wind. Aircraft plunged into a pond. Frontal activity in progress.
- [Incident 19790313008579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790313008579I), Mar 13, 1979: Piper PA18135 (N114), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft lost part of thrust reverser on landing

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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