# Incident 20080524840111I: Piper PA18A, Arlington, WA, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 14:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7474D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7474D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524840111I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TOW PLANE AND GLIDER TAKING OFF ON GRASS STRIP, TOW PLANE PILOT SAW HELICOPTER ON TAXI WAY HOVERING, TOW PLANE VEERED LEFT TO AVOID HELICOPTER THE GLIDER RELEASED HOOK AND VEERED LEFT TO AVOID HELICOPTER, THEN TOW ROPE IMPACTED HELICOPTER MAIN ROTOR BLADES.  MINOR DAMAGE TO HELICOPTER: NO DAMAGE OTHER AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7474D (1)

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

- [Accident 19730923033489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730923033489A), Sep 23, 1973: Piper PA18A150 (N7474D), Arlington, WA, Substantial damage. Plt started glider tow with fuel selector on near empty tank. Glider released and landed safely.

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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