# Incident 20080119010549I: Piper PA18A150, Willows, CA, January 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Willows, CA
- Airport: Willows-Glenn County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5158° N, 122.2173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOWS/GLENN COUNTY (WLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5158&lon=-122.2173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2415P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2415P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,050 total, 600 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080119010549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX 1100HRS PST, N2415P, A PIPER PA-18-A, LOST ENGINE POWER ON SHORT FINAL TO WLW'S 34, AND LANDED 1000 FEET SHORT OF THE RWY. NO REPORTED DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. REPORTING ASI CONTACTED NTSB IIC (WP), "AFTER PHONE INTERVIEW WITH PIC." NTSB HAS REPORTED IT AS AN INCIDENT, AND RELEASED N2415P BACK TO THE OWNER. REPORTING ASI CONTACTED PIC, TOOK STATEMENT BY PHONE. THE ACFT WAS MOVED (BY TRUCK) ONLY HOURS AFTER THE REPORTED INCIDENT. REPORTING ASI WAS ADVISED N2415P HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED OUTSIDE THE US. IN APPROX TWO MONTHS IT WILL BE INSPECTED AND REASSEMBLED FOR FLIGHT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, SHOULD CURRENTLY KNOWN FACTS IN THIS INCIDENT CHANGE.

## Other reports on N2415P (1)

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

- [Accident 20040904021399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040904021399A), Sep 4, 2004: Piper PA18A150 (N2415P), Blaine, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 4, 2004 at approximately 1909 hrs PDT tyler glahn was giving flight instruction to john becker in tyler glahn's float equipped Piper PA-18…

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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