# Incident 20040115000749I: Piper PA18, Reno, NV, January 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2004, 10:00 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6682° N, 119.8764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/STEAD (RTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6682&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1891A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1891A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,683 total, 116 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040115000749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED IN SLUSH DURING HIGH ALTITUDE, OFF AIRPORT LANDING TRAINING. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE BRAKES ACCUMULATED WATER DURING TAXI AND FROZE DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT TO 4SD. THE TEMPERATURE AT RENO/STEAD AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 37 DEGREES. UPON LANDING, THE FROZEN BRAKES IMPEDED WHEEL ROTATION AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. NOTE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS BELOW GROSS WEIGHT AND WITHIN CENTER OF GRAVITY LIMITS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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