# Incident 20040605033169I: Piper PA18150, Payson, AZ, June 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2004, 18:45 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2568° N, 111.3393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAYSON (PAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2568&lon=-111.3393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4154A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4154A) (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: 1,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040605033169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS PILOT TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF A GUST OF WIND CAME FROM BEHIND WING. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND PILOT APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKES CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER.

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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