# Incident 20071207829209I: Piper PA18, Monroe, LA, December 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2007, 17:18 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Airport: Monroe Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5106° N, 92.0361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE RGNL (MLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-92.0361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8780D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8780D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071207829209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING AND WAS ABOUT TO ENTER CLOSED TAXIWAY. CONTROLLER TOLD THE PILOT TO "STOP"! PILOT APPLIED TOO MUCH BRAKE AND AIRCRAFT WENT ONTO NOSE.

## Other reports on N8780D (1)

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

- [Incident 19780219007659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780219007659I), Feb 19, 1978: Piper PA18 (N8780D), Pilger, NE, Minor damage. Engine quit due to ice in the fuel system.

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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