# Incident 19990720025109I: Piper PA18125, Pasco, WA, July 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1999, 18:46 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1855A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1855A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18125
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990720025109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO INITIATE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION RESULTING IN PROPELLER STRIKING THE ASPHALT.

## Other reports on N1855A (1)

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

- [Incident 19900928051319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928051319I), Sep 28, 1990: Piper PA18125 (N1855A), Hampton, OR, Minor damage. Landed on private road. Right gear hit rock and gear collapsed.

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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