# Incident 20031004029579I: Piper PA18150, Columbus, OH, October 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2003, 11:25 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Bolton Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9012° N, 83.1369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOLTON FLD (TZR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9012&lon=-83.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N105CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150 (registry code 7101843, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-cub-crafters-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 850 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031004029579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, PILOT TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY, LINED UP WITH CENTERLINE. PILOT HELD THE BRAKES AND APPLIED POWER AND THE TAIL CAME UP TO A HEIGHT THAT CAUSED THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND THEN WENT UP ON THE NOSE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND WAS GUSTY AND A DIRECT CROSSWIND.

## Other reports on N105CC (1)

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

- [Incident 20040509015059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040509015059I), May 9, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N105CC), Galesburg, IL, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during landing rollout on runway 28 at Galesburg, IL the aircraft began to weathervane to the left, the aircraft then tipped up…

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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