# Incident 19990629024499I: Piper PA18150, Vancouver, WA, June 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1999, 11:40 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Pearson Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6387° N, 122.6615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vancouver, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6387&lon=-122.6615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4201Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4201Z) (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: 5,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990629024499I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING FOR LANDING HE SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR TO THE LEFT TANK AND MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED TO THE OFF POSITION. A MOMENT OR TWO LATER THE ENGINE QUIT ON SHORT FINAL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL SYSTEM NORMAL.

## Other reports on N4201Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19901024057679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901024057679I), Oct 24, 1990: Piper PA18150 (N4201Z), Celilo, OR, Minor damage. Aircraft sustained damage to landing gear during landing on miller island. Pilot repaired gear and departed.

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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