# Incident 20040427012359I: Piper PA18150, Bullhead City, AZ, April 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2224, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2224) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040427012359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON THE RIVER. AS IT PASSED AN IDLING BOAT, THE BOAT ACCELERATED AND SPED PAST THEM CAUSING A BIG WAKE WHICH HIT THE AIRCRAFT AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE TO CAUSE SOME CRUMPLING OF THE FLOAT ATTACH STRUCTURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2224 (1)

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

- [Accident 20121124026839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121124026839A), Nov 24, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N2224), Lake Havasu, CA, Substantial damage. Airman was performing instruction. Landing was hard with considerable sideload.

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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